Section 9164 – Bail
§ 9164. Bail. Unless the offense with which the prisoner is charged is shown to be an offense punishable by death or life imprisonment under the laws of this Commonwealth, a judge or issuing authority in this Commonwealth may admit the person arrested to bail by bond with sufficient sureties and in such sum as […]
Section 9165 – Payment of costs and expenses
§ 9165. Payment of costs and expenses. All costs and expenses shall be paid out of the county treasury in the county wherein charges were filed in connection with the alleged crime.
Section 9171 – Exchange of offenders under treaty
§ 9171. Exchange of offenders under treaty. Whenever a treaty is in force providing for the transfer of convicted offenders between the United States and a foreign country, the Governor or his designee, upon application of the Secretary of Corrections, is authorized to give the approval of the Commonwealth to transfer as provided in the […]
Section 9143 – Duty of Governor in case of fugitives from this Commonwealth
§ 9143. Duty of Governor in case of fugitives from this Commonwealth. Whenever the Governor of this Commonwealth shall demand a person charged with crime or with escaping from confinement or breaking the terms of his bail, probation or parole in this Commonwealth, from the executive authority of any other state, or from the official […]
Section 9128 – Issue by Governor of warrant of arrest
§ 9128. Issue by Governor of warrant of arrest. If the Governor decides that the demand should be complied with he shall sign a warrant of arrest which shall be sealed with the State seal and be directed to any peace officer or other person whom he may think fit to entrust with the execution […]
Section 9129 – Manner and place of execution
§ 9129. Manner and place of execution. Such warrant shall authorize the peace officer or other person to whom directed to arrest the accused at any time and any place where he may be found within this Commonwealth and to command the aid of all peace officers or other persons in the execution of the […]
Section 9130 – Authority of arresting officer
§ 9130. Authority of arresting officer. Every such peace officer or other person empowered to make the arrest shall have the same authority in arresting the accused to command assistance therein as peace officers have by law in the execution of any criminal process directed to them, with like penalties against those who refuse their […]
Section 9131 – Rights of accused person
§ 9131. Rights of accused person. No person arrested upon such warrant shall be delivered over to the agent whom the executive authority demanding him shall have appointed to receive him unless he shall first be taken forthwith before a judge of a court of record in this Commonwealth who shall inform him of the […]
Section 9132 – Penalty for noncompliance
§ 9132. Penalty for noncompliance. Any officer who shall deliver to the agent for extradition of the demanding state a person in his custody under the warrant of the Governor in willful disobedience to section 9131 (relating to rights of accused person) shall commit a misdemeanor of the third degree.
Section 9133 – Confinement in jail
§ 9133. Confinement in jail. (a) General rule.–The officer or persons executing the Governor’s warrant of arrest or the agent of the demanding state to whom the prisoner may have been delivered may, when necessary, confine the prisoner in the jail of any county or city or borough through which he may pass, and the […]