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Extradition Act 2003

Extradition Act 2003

2003 CHAPTER 41

Territorial Application: Wales

Part 1 .Extradition to Category 1 Territories

Section 53: Extradition following deferral for competing claim

154.This section applies where a person has consented to his extradition, which has then been deferred because of a competing Part 1 warrant or category 2 extradition request, and the judge subsequently orders that extradition is to go ahead under section 181(2) (subsection (1)).

155.Where these circumstances occur the 10-day period in which the person is to be extradited (under section 47(2) or 49(2)) begins on the day the judge makes the order under section 181(2) (subsection (2)).

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