SECTION 19

(1) A person arrested on a warrant shall be brought immediately before the Examining Magistrate or the president of the trial court who issued the warrant, who may order his immediate release if he fulfils any of the conditions referred to in section 246 (g). (2) (a) If he fails to fulfil the condition, he shall be taken immediately to the prison indicated on the warrant subject to the provisions of sub-section (3) of this section. (b) Within forty-eight (48) hours of the detention of the person, he shall be interrogated by the Examining Magistrate or, as the case may be, at its next sitting by the trial court which issued the warrant. (3) The Examining Magistrate or the trial court shall decide on his detention in accordance with sections 221 and 222. (4) If the person is arrested outside the jurisdiction of the Examining Magistrate or of the trial court that issued the warrant, he shall be immediately taken before the State Counsel of the place of arrest who shall without delay, inform the Examining Magistrate or the president of the court that issued the warrant of arrest about the arrest and the action taken thereafter and shall request the transfer of the person arrested.