'Competent national judicial authority' in document 'Belize - Extradition Act'

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BELIZE -EXTRADITION ACT

PART II - Extradition Generally


All powers vested in and acts authorised or required to be done by the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate at Bow Street, London, in relation to the surrender of fugitive criminals in the United Kingdom under the Extradition Acts are hereby vested in and may in Belize be exercised and be done by the Chief Magistrate, and any powers vested in and acts authorised to be done under the said Acts in the United Kingdom by any justice of the peace other than the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate at Bow Street, London, are hereby vested in and may in Belize be exercised and done by any senior justice of the peace

BELIZE -EXTRADITION ACT

PART II - Extradition Generally

5. The powers vested in any judge of Her Majesty’s High Court of Justice in England relative to the discharge of any fugitive criminal when not conveyed out of the United Kingdom within two months after his committal under the Extradition Acts are hereby vested in and may in Belize be exercised only by the Chief Justice.