                 TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
                       PART II--CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
                        CHAPTER 209--EXTRADITION
 
Sec. 3187. Provisional arrest and detention within 
        extraterritorial jurisdiction
        
    The provisional arrest and detention of a fugitive, under sections 
3042 and 3183 of this title, in advance of the presentation of formal 
proofs, may be obtained by telegraph upon the request of the authority 
competent to request the surrender of such fugitive addressed to the 
authority competent to grant such surrender. Such request shall be 
accompanied by an express statement that a warrant for the fugitive's 
arrest has been issued within the jurisdiction of the authority making 
such request charging the fugitive with the commission of the crime for 
which his extradition is sought to be obtained.
    No person shall be held in custody under telegraphic request by 
virtue of this section for more than ninety days.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 824.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 662d (Mar. 22, 1934, ch. 
73, Sec. 3, 48 Stat. 455).
    Provision for expense to be borne by the demanding authority is 
incorporated in section 3195 of this title.
    Changes were made in phraseology and arrangement.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 14 of this title.
