Malaysia legislation
Section 43
Section 43
Discharge of fugitive criminal if not returned within three months
If a fugitive criminal who, in pursuance of this Act, has been committed to prison to await his return to any country is not conveyed out of Malaysia within three months after such committal, or if an application for a writ of habeas corpus or for a review has been made to the High Court, after the final determination of such application by the said Court, it shall be lawful for the Minister, upon application made to him by or on behalf of the fugitive criminal, to order such fugitive criminal to be discharged unless sufficient cause is shown to the contrary.