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Criminal Justice
PART I
Form of warrants and orders.
Restrictions upon proceedings for other offences.
Restoration of persons not tried or acquitted.
1973 c. 62.
(4) A warrant for the return of any person to a foreign state shall be sufficient authority for all persons to whom it is directed and all constables to receive that person, keep him in custody and convey him into the jurisdiction of that foreign state.
15.--(1) Any warrant or order to be issued or made by the Secretary of State under this Part of this Act shall be given under the hand of the Secretary of State, a Minister of State or an Under-Secretary of State.
(2) The Secretary of State may by regulations made by statutory instrument prescribe the form of any document required for the purposes of this Part of this Act.
Treatment of persons returned from foreign states
16. (1) Where any person is returned to the United Kingdom by a foreign state in pursuance of general or special extradition arrangements, he shall not, unless he has first been restored or had a opportunity of leaving the United Kingdom, be triable or tried for any offence committed prior to the surrender in any part of the United Kingdom, other than-
(a) an offence on which his return is grounded; or
(b) any offence disclosed by the facts on which his return is
grounded; or
(c) any other offence in respect of which the foreign state may
consent to his being tried.
(2) Where any person returned to the United Kingdom in pursuance of general or special extradition arrangements has been convicted before his return of an offence for which his return was not granted, any punishment for that offence shall by operation of this section be remitted; but his conviction for it shall be treated as a conviction for all other purposes.
17. (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 general or special extradition arrangements.
(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) section 7(1) of the Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973;
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1975 c. 21.
1950 c. 7 (N.I.).
(ii) section 182 or 383 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975;
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(iii) section 5(1) of the Probation Act (Northern Ireland) 1950,