Article 587. Features of the detention of a person who has committed a criminal offense outside the Republic of Kazakhstan CPC RK Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan
1. The detention on the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan of a person wanted by a foreign state for committing a crime shall be carried out by an official of the criminal prosecution body in accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 131 of this Code.
2. Within seventy-two hours, the identity of the detained person and his nationality must be established, information about the circumstances of the committed act, the text of the article according to which this act is recognized as a crime, the decision of the competent authority to take him into custody and put him on the wanted list, as well as confirmation of the need to take the person into custody must be requested from the initiator of the search..
3. A request from the competent authority of a foreign State to take a person into custody before requesting extradition may be transmitted by mail, telegraph, telex, fax and other means of communication.
4. The detained person is immediately released if:
1) within seventy-two hours from the moment of his arrest, he has not been brought before an investigating judge to consider a request for his temporary detention or the application of an extradition arrest against him;
2) circumstances have been established in which extradition is not carried out.
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