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| (1) If any person committed to await his extradition is in custody in Sri Lanka under this Law after the expiration of the following period, that is to say-
| | (a) in any case, the period of two months commencing on the first day on which, having regard to subsection (2) of section 11, he could have been extradited; or | | |
| | (b) where a warrant for his extradition has been issued under section 12, a period of one month commencing on the day on which that warrant was issued, | | |
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| (2) If upon any such application being made the Supreme Court is satisfied that reasonable notice of the proposed application has been given to the Minister, the court may, unless sufficient cause is shown to the contrary, by order direct the applicant to be discharged from custody and, if a warrant for his extradition has been issued under section 12, quash that warrant. |
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