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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-convention-on-extradition-order-2001/schedule-4/part-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/962",
  "legislation_title": "The European Convention on Extradition Order 2001",
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  "path": "schedule/4/part/4",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "BELGIUM",
  "text": "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.",
  "extent": null,
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  "version": "current",
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      "affecting_title": "The European Convention on Extradition (Amendment No. 2) Order 2003"
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      "affecting_title": "The European Convention on Extradition (Amendment) Order 2003"
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      "affecting_title": "The European Convention on Extradition (Amendment) Order 2003"
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      "affecting_title": "The European Convention on Extradition (Amendment) Order 2003"
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      "affecting_title": "The European Convention on Extradition (Armenia and Georgia) (Amendment) Order 2002"
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      "affecting_title": "The European Convention on Extradition (Armenia and Georgia) (Amendment) Order 2002"
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  },
  "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."
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