Territorial Application: Wales Part 2 .Extradition to Category 2 Territories Section 75: Date of extradition hearing: arrest under section 71
228.This section applies where a person arrested under section 71 appears before the appropriate judge (subsection (1)). Subsections (2) and (3) require the judge to fix a date for the extradition hearing. The date is to be within 2 months of the date on which the person first appears before the judge. Where it would be in the interests of justice, a later hearing date may be fixed. Subsection (4) requires the person to be discharged if the extradition hearing does not begin by the fixed date and the person applies to the judge.