{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/extradition-act-1989-repealed/schedule-1/paragraph-7",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1989/33",
  "legislation_title": "Extradition Act 1989 (repealed)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/extradition-act-1989-repealed",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) In the case of a fugitive criminal accused of an extradition crime, if the foreign warrant authorising the arrest of such criminal is duly authenticated, and such evidence is produced as (subject to the provisions of this Schedule) would, according to the law of England and Wales, make a case requiring an answer by the prisoner if the proceedings were for the trial in England and Wales of an information for the crime, the District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts)shall commit him to prison, but otherwise shall order him to be discharged.\n(2) In the case of a fugitive criminal alleged to have been convicted of an extradition crime, if such evidence is produced as (subject to the provisions of this Schedule) would, according to the law of England and Wales, prove that the prisoner was convicted of such crime, the District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) shall commit him to prison, but otherwise shall order him to be discharged.\n(3) If he commits such criminal to prison, he shall commit him there to await the warrant of the Secretary of State for his surrender, and shall forthwith send to the Secretary of State a certificate of the committal, and such report upon the case as he may think fit.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 7(1) substituted (1.4.1997) by 1994 c. 33, s. 158(8)(c); S.I. 1997/882, art. 3."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 7(1)(2) substituted (31.8.2000) by 1999 c. 22, s. 78, Sch. 11 para. 36(1)(2) (with s. 107, Sch. 14 para. 7(2)); S.I. 2000/1920, art. 3"
    }
  ],
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:45:55.996120+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."
}