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Extradition Act · 2024 Revised Edition · Part 4
Extradition Act · 2024 Revised Edition · Part 4
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
A magistrate shall conduct extradition proceedings as soon as practicable to determine whether that person should be surrendered to the designated country if —
designated country
“designated country” means a country specified in Schedule 2;
either —
he has been remanded after being arrested under an endorsed warrant; or
he has been remanded after being arrested under a provisional arrest warrant and the original warrant has been endorsed; and
a request is made to the magistrate by or on behalf of that person or of the designated country for extradition proceedings to be conducted in relation to him.
designated country
“designated country” means a country specified in Schedule 2;
original warrant
“original warrant” means a warrant issued in a designated country for the arrest of a person;
provisional arrest warrant
“provisional arrest warrant” means — (a) in Part 2, a warrant, in accordance with Form 1 in Schedule 4, issued under section 6(1); (b) in Part 4, a warrant, in accordance with Form 2 in Schedule 4, issued under section 26;
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