New Zealand Legislation: Acts

16 Release of foreign prisoner upon request by foreign country

• Where—

  • (a) a foreign prisoner is being held in custody in accordance with a direction of the Minister under section 15; and

  • (b) the foreign country from which the person has been brought requests the release of the person from custody,—

  the Minister shall direct that the person be released from custody.

  Compare: Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1987 s 23 (Aust)