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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-convention-on-extradition-order-1990/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1990/1507",
  "legislation_title": "The European Convention on Extradition Order 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-convention-on-extradition-order-1990",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Where an extradition request is made by a Convention State in respect of a person accused of an offence, it shall not be necessary\n(a) for that State to furnish the court of committal with evidence sufficient to warrant the trial of that person if the extradition crime had taken place within the jurisdiction of the court; or\n(b) for the court of committal to be satisfied that there is evidence sufficient to warrant the trial of that person.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1998/259",
      "affecting_title": "The European Convention on Extradition Order 1990 (Amendment) Order 1998"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1998/259",
      "affecting_title": "The European Convention on Extradition Order 1990 (Amendment) Order 1998"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/1507/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:11:30.363210+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."
}