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Refusal on the part of the Chief Magistrate to commit subject to review by Supreme Court

Cap. 112, s. 7 · Revised Edition 2020

(1) In every case in which the Chief Magistrate dismisses the charge against a person in respect of whom an application for extradition has been made, the Director of Public Prosecutions may require the said magistrate to transmit to him the evidence and all the documents connected with the case, and it shall be the duty of the magistrate forthwith to comply with such requisition. (2) If the Director of Public Prosecutions is of opinion that the charge ought not to have been dismissed, he may apply to 7 the Supreme Court for a warrant of arrest of the accused person, and if the court is of opinion that such charge ought not to have been dismissed it may make such order as the magistrate ought to have made, and may make such other orders and do all such acts as it may think necessary to carry out in respect of the accused person the provisions of the Extradition Acts and of the Treaty under which the extradition of the accused person is requested.
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Refusal on the part of the Chief Magistrate to commit subject to review by Supreme Court — Cap. 112 s. 7 · Belize Law