Paragraph 7 Proceedings for committal.
A person arrested in pursuance of a warrant under section 6 of this Act shall (unless previously discharged under subsection (3) of that section) be brought as soon as practicable before a court (in this Act referred to as the court of committal) consisting of a magistrate.
For the purposes of proceedings under this section a court of committal consisting of a magistrate shall have the like jurisdiction and powers, as nearly as may be, including power to remand in custody or on bail, as a magistrates' court holding a preliminary inquiry on a charge of an indictable offence.
Where the person arrested is in custody by virtue of a provisional warrant and no authority to proceed has been received in respect of him, the court of committal may fix a reasonable period (of which the court shall give notice to the Governor) after which he will be discharged from custody unless such an authority has been received.
Where an authority to proceed has been issued in respect of the person arrested and the court of committal is satisfied, after hearing any evidence tendered in support of the request for the return of that person or on behalf of that person, that the offence to which the authority relates is a relevant offence and is further satisfied—
where that person is accused of the offence, that the evidence would be sufficient to warrant his trial for that offence if it had been committed within the jurisdiction of the court;
where that person is alleged to be unlawfully at large after conviction of the offence, that he has been so convicted and appears to be so at large,
the court shall, unless his committal is prohibited by any other provision of this Act, commit him to custody to await his return thereunder; but if the court is not so satisfied or if the committal of that person is so prohibited, the court shall discharge him from custody.