{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/extradition-act-2003/section-178",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/extradition-act-2003/section-178.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2003/41",
  "legislation_title": "Extradition Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/extradition-act-2003",
  "path": "section/178",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "178",
  "heading": "Extradition to British overseas territories",
  "text": "(1) This section applies in relation to extradition—\n(a) to a British overseas territory from a category 1 territory;\n(b) to a British overseas territory from the United Kingdom;\n(c) to a British overseas territory from a category 2 territory;\n(d) to a British overseas territory from any of the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man.\n(2) An Order in Council may provide for any provision of this Act applicable to extradition to the United Kingdom to apply to extradition in a case falling within subsection (1)(a) or (b).\n(3) An Order in Council may provide for any provision of this Act applicable to extradition to the United Kingdom from a category 2 territory to apply to extradition in a case falling within subsection (1)(c) or (d).\n(4) An Order in Council under this section may provide that the provision applied has effect with specified modifications.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 178 extended (1.5.2012) by Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), ss. 151(2)(c), 153(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/41/section/178",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:17:50.673746+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."
}