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Amendment of section 45 of Act of 2003
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29. Section 45 of the Act of 2003 is amended—
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(a) by the designation of that section as subsection (1),
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(b) in subsection (1) by—
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(i) the substitution of “The High Court may refuse to order the surrender of a person under this Act” for “A person shall not be surrendered under this Act”, and
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(ii) the substitution of “Article 601 of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement” for “Article LAW.SURR.81 of the Cooperation and Trade Agreement”,
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and
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(c) by the addition of the following subsection after subsection (1):
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“(2) Where a person has not received any information from the authorities in the State about the existence of criminal proceedings against him or her, he or she may request a copy of the judgment in relation to which the European arrest warrant or the Trade and Cooperation Agreement arrest warrant, as the case may be, in respect of the person has been issued and upon such a request being made the High Court shall without delay arrange for the issuing state to be informed of the request.”.
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