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Endorsement of warrants.
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43.—(1) Where—
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(a) a warrant has been issued by a judicial authority in a place in relation to which this Part applies for the arrest of a person accused or convicted of an offence under the law of that place, being an indictable offence or an offence punishable on summary conviction by imprisonment for a maximum period of at least six months, and
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(b) on production of the warrant to the Commissioner of the Garda Síochána it appears to the Commissioner that the person named or described therein may be found in the State,
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the Commissioner shall, subject to the provisions of this Part, endorse the warrant for execution.
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(2) The endorsement shall be in the following form:
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“I, A.B., Commissioner [or Deputy or Assistant Commissioner] of the Garda Síochána, hereby authorise the execution of this warrant in the State by any member of the Garda Síochána.
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Signed _________________________
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Date _________________________”
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(3) A warrant for the arrest of a person convicted of an offence under the law of a place in relation to which this Part applies shall not be endorsed under this section unless the purpose of the arrest is to enable him—
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(a) to be brought before a court in that place for sentence in respect of the conviction, or
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(b) to be taken to a place where he is to undergo imprisonment under such a sentence, not being imprisonment in default of the payment of a fine or other sum.
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