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Section 149: The appropriate judge

Extradition Act 2003 · 2003 c. 41View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 3: Extradition to the United Kingdom

The appropriate judge is—

in England and Wales, a District Judge (Magistrates' Courts), a justice of the peace or a judge entitled to exercise the jurisdiction of the Crown Court;
in Scotland, a sheriff;
in Northern Ireland, a justice of the peace, a resident magistrate or a Crown Court judge.

This section applies for the purposes of sections 142 to 147.

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