Section 20 Restoration of persons not tried or acquitted.C1

United Kingdom

(1)

This section applies to any person accused of an offence under the law of the United Kingdom who is returned to the United Kingdom in pursuance of extradition arrangements or as mentioned in section 19(1) F1or section 19A(1) above.

C2(2)

If in the case of a person to whom this section applies either—

(a)

proceedings against him for the offence for which he was returned are not begun within the period of six months beginning with the day of his arrival in the United Kingdom on being returned; or

(b)

on his trial for that offence, he is acquitted or discharged under any of the following provisions—

(i)

F2section 12(1) of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000;

(ii)

section 182 or 383 of the M1Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975;

(iii)

section 5(1) of the M2Probation Act (Northern Ireland) 1950,

the Secretary of State may, if he thinks fit F3or the Scottish Ministers may if they think fiton the request of that person, arrange for him to be sent back free of charge and with as little delay as possible to the jurisdiction of the foreign state, Commonwealth country or colony F4, or of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, from which he was returned.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in s. 20(1) added (1.7.1997) by S.I. 1997/1178, art. 2, Sch. para. 11(a)
F2: Words in s. 20(2)(b) substituted (25.8.2000) by 2000 c. 6, ss. 165, 168(1), Sch. 9 para. 124
F3: Words in s. 20(2) inserted (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1750, art. 6(1), Sch. 5 para. 9(13) (with art. 7); S.I. 1998/3178, art. 3
F4: Words in s. 20(2) inserted (1.7.1997) by S.I. 1997/1178, art. 2, Sch. para. 11(b)

Marginal citations

M1: 1975 c. 21.
M2: 1950 c. 7. (N.I.)

Modifications

C1

S. 20 extended (British Antarctic Territory) (with modifications) (6.7.1992) by S.I. 1992/1300, art. 2, Sch.

S. 20 extended (16.8.2002) (with modifications) by The Extradition (Overseas Territories) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/1823), art. 2, Schs. 1-4 (as amended (16.8.2002) by S.I. 2002/1825, art. 2, Sch. 2)

C2

S. 20(2): transfer of functions (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1750, art. 2 Sch. 1 (with art. 7); S.I. 1998/3178, art. 3

Notes on the whole Act

Textual amendments

F1: Act repealed (1.1.2004) by Extradition Act 2003 (c. 41), ss. 218(b), 220, 221, Sch. 4; S.I. 2003/3103, art. 2 (with savings in arts. 3-5 (as amended by S.I. 2003/3258 and S.I. 2003/3312)); Act amended (as so saved) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), Sch. 8 paras. 324-330; S.I. 2004/2066, art. 2(c)(xiv) (with art. 3); S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(y); Act further amended by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), Sch. 9 para. 52, Sch. 11 para. 1(2); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)