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EXTRADITION ACT 1870 - SECT 12

Discharge of persons apprehended if not conveyed out of United Kingdom within two months.

12. If the fugitive criminal who has been committed to prison is not
surrendered and conveyed out of the United Kingdom within two months after
such committal, or, if a writ of Habeas corpus is issued, after the decision
of the court upon the return to the writ, it shall be lawful for any judge of
one of Her Majesty's Superior Courts at [the Royal Courts of Justice], upon
application made to him by or on behalf of the criminal, and upon proof that
reasonable notice of the intention to make such application has been given to
a Secretary of State, to order the criminal to be discharged out of custody,
unless sufficient cause is shown to the contrary.

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