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Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1992

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16: Release of foreign prisoner upon request by foreign country

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"When another country asks, a prisoner from that country can be set free in New Zealand."

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You are being held in New Zealand as a prisoner from another country. This is because the Minister made a direction under section 15. The Minister must let you go if your country asks for your release.

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16Release of foreign prisoner upon request by foreign country

  1. Where—

  2. a foreign prisoner is being held in custody in accordance with a direction of the Minister under section 15; and
    1. the foreign country from which the person has been brought requests the release of the person from custody,—
        1. the Minister shall direct that the person be released from custody.