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This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a UK Statutory Instrument: The European Union Extradition Regulations 2002 No. 419
1. Extradition may not be refused on the ground that the prosecution or punishment of the person would be statute-barred according to the law of the requested Member State.
2. The requested Member State shall have the option of not applying paragraph 1 where the request for extradition is based on offences for which that Member State has jurisdiction under its own criminal law.
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