S.L. 276.8 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 subarticle (1)(a) was issued, or

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

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

(4) If the court decides the question in subarticle (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.