{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-rules-2025/rule-50.14",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-rules-2025/rule-50.14.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2025/909",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Procedure Rules 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-rules-2025",
  "path": "rule/50.14",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "50.14",
  "heading": "Discharge where extradition request withdrawn",
  "text": "(1) This rule applies where the Secretary of State gives the court officer notice that the extradition request has been withdrawn—\n(a) after the start of the hearing under rule 50.9 or 50.11; and\n(b) before the court—\n(i) sends the case to the Secretary of State to decide whether to extradite the defendant, or\n(ii) discharges the defendant.\n(2) The court must exercise its power to discharge the defendant.\n[Note. See section 122 of the Extradition Act 2003.]",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 50.14 in force at 6.10.2025, see Preamble"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "word inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2026/721",
      "affecting_title": "The Criminal Procedure (Amendment) (No. 2) Rules 2026"
    },
    {
      "type": "word omitted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2026/721",
      "affecting_title": "The Criminal Procedure (Amendment) (No. 2) Rules 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/909/rule/50.14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:12:44.140935+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}