Extradition Act (S.C. 1999, c. 18)

Marginal note:Postponement of surrender

• 64 (1) Unless the Minister orders otherwise, a surrender order made in respect of a person accused of an offence within Canadian jurisdiction or who is serving a sentence in Canada after a conviction for an offence, other than an offence with respect to the conduct to which the order relates does not take effect until the person has been discharged, whether by acquittal, by expiry of the sentence or otherwise.

• Marginal note:Offence before or after surrender

  (2) For greater certainty, the person need not have been accused of the offence within Canadian jurisdiction before the surrender order was made.