Section 9163 – Commitment to await requisition
§ 9163. Commitment to await requisition. If, from the examination before the judge or issuing authority, it appears that the person held is the person charged with having committed the crime alleged and that he has fled from justice, the judge or issuing authority must, by a warrant reciting the accusation, commit him to the […]
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 9126 – Extradition of persons imprisoned or awaiting trial in another state or who have left the demanding state under compulsion
§ 9126. Extradition of persons imprisoned or awaiting trial in another state or who have left the demanding state under compulsion. (a) Extradition from another state.–When it is desired to have returned to this Commonwealth a person charged in this Commonwealth with a crime, and such person is imprisoned or is held under criminal proceedings […]
Section 9142 – Governor may recall warrant or issue another
§ 9142. Governor may recall warrant or issue another. The Governor may recall his warrant of arrest or may issue another warrant whenever he deems proper.
Section 9127 – Extradition of persons not present in demanding state at time of commission of crime
§ 9127. Extradition of persons not present in demanding state at time of commission of crime. The Governor of this Commonwealth may also surrender on demand of the executive authority of any other state any person in this Commonwealth charged in such other state in the manner provided in section 9124 (relating to form of […]
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 […]