S.L. 276.8 Art. 54Request for consent to further extradition to scheduled country.

(1) This article applies if -

(a) a person is returned to a scheduled country, hereinafter in this article and in article 55 referred to as "the requesting country", in accordance with this Order;

(b) the court receives a request for consent to the person’s extradition to another scheduled country for an offence;

(c) the request is certified under this article by the Attorney General.

(2) The Attorney General may certify a request for consent under this article if he believes that the authority making the request -

(a) is a judicial authority of the requesting territory, and

(b) has the function of making requests for the consent referred to in subarticle (1)(b) in that scheduled country.

(3) A certificate under subarticle (2) must certify that the authority making the request falls within paragraphs (a) and (b) of that subarticle.

(4) The court must serve notice on the person that he has received the request for consent, unless it is satisfied that it would not be practicable to do so.

(5) The consent hearing must begin before the end of the required period, which is twenty-one days starting with the day on which the request for consent is received by the Attorney General.

(6) The court may extend the required period if it believes it to be in the interests of justice to do so; and this subarticle may apply more than once.

(7) The power in subarticle (6) may be exercised even after the end of the required period.

(8) If the consent hearing does not begin before the end of the required period and the court does not exercise the power in subarticle (6) to extend the period, he must refuse consent.

(9) The court may at any time adjourn the consent hearing.

(10) The consent hearing is the hearing at which the court is to consider the request for consent.