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| (1) Subject to the provisions of this Law, no person shall be dealt with thereunder except in pursuance of an Order of the Minister (in this Law referred to as an u authority to proceed ") issued in pursuance of a request made to the Minister by or on behalf of the Government of the designated Commonwealth country or treaty State in which the person to be extradited is accused or was convicted. |
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| (2) There shall be furnished with any request made for the purposes of this section by or on behalf of any designated Commonwealth country or treaty State-
| | (a) in the case of a person accused of an offence, a warrant for his arrest issued in that country or State; | | |
| | (b) in the case of a person unlawfully at large after conviction of an offence, a certificate of the conviction and sentence in that country or State, and a statement of the part, if any, of such sentence which has been served, | | |
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| (3) On receipt of such a request the Minister may Issue an authority to proceed, unless it appears to him that an order for extradition, of the person concerned could not lawfully be made, or would not in fact, be made, in. accordance with the provisions of this Law. |
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