Section 76: Date of extradition hearing: arrest under provisional warrant or under section 74A

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

Part 2: Extradition to category 2 territories

Subsection (2) applies if—

a person is arrested under a provisional warrant or under section 74A, and
the documents referred to in section 70(9) are received by the appropriate judge within the period required under section 74(10) or 74E(4).

The judge must fix a date on which the extradition hearing is to begin.

The date fixed under subsection (2) must not be later than the end of the permitted period, which is 2 months starting with the date on which the judge receives the documents.

If before the date fixed under subsection (2) (or this subsection) a party to the proceedings applies to the judge for a later date to be fixed and the judge believes it to be in the interests of justice to do so, he may fix a later date; and this subsection may apply more than once.

If the extradition hearing does not begin on or before the date fixed under this section and the person applies to the judge to be discharged, the judge must order his discharge.

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