PART 17EXTRADITION

EXTRADITION UNDER PART 1 OF THE EXTRADITION ACT 2003

Discharge where warrant withdrawn17.7

1

This rule applies where the authority that certified the warrant gives the court officer notice that the warrant has been withdrawn—

a

after the start of the hearing under rule 17.5; and

b

before the court orders the defendant’s extradition or discharge.

2

The court must exercise its power to discharge the defendant.

[Note. See section 41 of the Extradition Act 2003.]