Part 4 BELGIUM

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Sch 4, Pt 33A added by European Convention on Extradition 2003 art 2(1), (4)
Sch 4, Pt 3A added by European Convention on Extradition 2003 art 2(b)(i), Sch 1
Sch 4, Pt 9 rev in pt by European Convention on Extradition 2003 art 2(b)(ii)
Sch 4, Pt 32A added by European Convention on Extradition 2003 art 2(b)(iii), Sch 2
Sch 4, Pt 2A added by European Convention on Extradition (Armenia and Georgia) 2002 art 2(b)(i), Sch 1
Sch 4, Pt 12A added by European Convention on Extradition (Armenia and Georgia) 2002 art 2(b)(ii), Sch 2

The Belgian Government considers that the reservation made by Portugal regarding Article 1, item c, is not compatible with the object of the Convention. It takes the reservation to mean that extradition shall not be granted only if, in accordance with the legislation of the requesting State, the person sentenced to life imprisonment cannot be released after a certain time, following a legal or administrative procedure.