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| (1) Where a person accused or convicted of an offence in Sri Lanka, whether committed before or after the commencement of this Law, is, or is suspected of being, in any designated Commonwealth country or treaty State or within the jurisdiction of, or of a part of, such country or State, the Minister may make a request to that country or State for the extradition of that person. |
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| (2) Where any person has been extradited to Sri Lanka upon a request for his extradition being made, such person shall not, during the period described in subsection (3) of this section, be arrested, detained, remanded or otherwise dealt with in Sri Lanka for or in respect of any offence committed before his extradition, other than-
| | (a) the offence in respect of which he was extradited ; | | |
| | (b) any lesser offence proved by the facts established for the purposes of securing his extradition; or | | |
| | (c) any other offence in respect of which the Government of the designated Commonwealth country or the treaty State from which he was extradited has consented to his being dealt with. | | |
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| (3) The period referred to in subsection, (2) of this section in relation to a person to whom this section applies is the period commencing on the day of his arrival in Sri Lanka on his extradition and ending forty-five days after the first subsequent day on which he has the opportunity to leave Sri Lanka. |
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