S.L. 276.5 Art. 10Identity of person arrested.

(1) This article applies if -

(a) a person arrested by virtue of a warrant mentioned in article 5 is brought before the court under article 8(4), or

(b) a person is arrested under article 9 and article 9(3) is complied with.

(2) The court must decide whether the person brought before it is the person in respect of whom -

(a) the warrant referred to in sub-article (1)(a) was issued, or

(b) the warrant referred to in article 9(3) was issued.

(3) The court must decide the question in sub-article (2) on a balance of probabilities.

(4) If the court decides the question in sub-article (2) in the negative it must order the person’s discharge.

(5) If the court decides that question in the affirmative it must proceed under article 11.