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  "title": "The Extradition (Designated Commonwealth Countries) (Amendment) Order 2003",
  "short_title": "Extradition (Designated Commonwealth Countries) 2003",
  "long_title": "Article 2 of this Order amends the Extradition (Designated Commonwealth Countries) Order 1991 (“the 1991 Order”) by removing South Africa from the list of Commonwealth countries designated for the purposes of the Extradition Act 1989 (“the Act”). Article 3 of this Order revokes the Extradition (Designated Commonwealth Countries) Order 1991 (Amendment) Order 1996 which originally amended the 1991 Order to include South Africa. Section 3(2) of the Act provides that, for the purposes of Part III of that Act, a State which is a party to the European Convention on Extradition 1957 may be treated as a foreign state. South Africa has become a party to that Convention.",
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