Extradition Act 1965

Irish citizens.

14

F27[14. Extradition shall not be granted where a person claimed is a citizen of Ireland, unless—

(a) the relevant extradition provisions or this Act otherwise provide, or

(b) the law of the requesting country does not prohibit the surrender by the requesting country of a citizen of that country to the State for prosecution or punishment for an offence.]

Annotations

Amendments:

F27

Substituted (31.12.2020 at 11 p.m.) by Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Act 2020 (23/2020), s. 110, S.I. No. 687 of 2020.

Editorial Notes:

E74

Previous affecting provision: section substituted by Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Act 2019 (8/2019), s. 93, not commenced; repealed (17.12.2020) by Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Act 2020 (23/2020), s. 4(a), S.I. No. 634 of 2020.

E75

Previous affecting provision: section substituted (20.03.2002) by Extradition (European Union Conventions) Act 2001 (49/2001), s. 6(a), S.I. No. 85 of 2002; substituted as per F-note above.