In urgent cases and at the direct request of the competent authorities of the requesting State, the public prosecutor with territorial jurisdiction may order the provisional arrest of a person claimed for extradition by the said State.
After verifying his identity, the Public Prosecutor shall inform the person sought, in a language he understands, of the existence and content of the request for provisional arrest. If he decides not to release him, the public prosecutor shall present him to the first president of the court of appeal or to the magistrate designated by him, who shall rule in accordance with Article 696-11.
The request for provisional arrest, transmitted by any means enabling a written record to be kept, shall indicate the existence of one of the documents mentioned in Article 696-8 and states the requesting State’s intention to send an extradition request. It shall include a brief statement of the charges against the person requested and shall also mention his or her identity and nationality, the offence for which extradition is requested, the date and place where it was committed and, as the case may be, the amount of the sentence incurred or the sentence passed and, where applicable, the amount of the sentence still to be served and, where applicable, the nature and date of the acts interrupting the statute of limitations. A copy of this request is sent by the requesting State to the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
The Public Prosecutor shall notify the Minister for Justice of the arrest without delay.