S.I. No. 102/1977 - Extradition Act, 1965 (Part II) (No. 14) Order, 1977.

1. Any Contracting State may denounce this Convention by written notification to the Depositary Governments.

2. Denunciation shall take effect six months following the date on which notification is received by the Depositary Governments.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned Plenipotentiaries, being duly authorised thereto by their Governments, have signed this Convention.

DONE at The Hague, this sixteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and seventy, in three originals, each being drawn up in four authentic texts in the English, French, Russian and Spanish languages.

PART II.

Reservation of the Republic of Indonesia.

The Government of the Republic of Indonesia does not consider itself bound by Article 12 paragraph 1 of The Hague Convention 1970 on the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft, concerning disputes relating to the interpretation or application of the Convention. The Government of the Republic of Indonesia maintains the position that for any such dispute to be submitted to arbitration or to be referred to the International Court of Jusice for settlement, the agreement of all Parties involved in the dispute must be obtained in each individual case.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, this 28th day of March, 1977.

LIAM MAC COSGAIR.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This order applies Part II of the Extradition Act, 1965 to the Republic of Indonesia and the Commonwealth of the Bahamas enabling the extradition of persons between the Republic of Indonesia and the Commonwealth of the Bahamas in the terms of the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft, done at the Hague on 16th December, 1970.

3. This Convention shall enter into force thirty days following the date of the deposit of instruments of ratification by ten States signatory to this Convention which participated in The Hague Conference.

4. For other States, this Convention shall enter into force on the date of entry into force of this Convention in accordance with paragraph 3 of this Article, or thirty days following the date of deposit of their instruments of ratification or accession, whichever is later.

5. The Depositary Governments shall promptly inform all signatory and acceding States of the date of each signature, the date of deposit of each instrument of ratification or accession, the date of entry into force of this Convention, and other notices.

6. As soon as this Convention comes into force, it shall be registered by the Depositary Governments pursuant to Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations and pursuant to Article 83 of the Convention on International Civil Aviation (Chicago, 1944).

Article 14.

S.I. No. 102 of 1977.

EXTRADITION ACT, 1965 (PART II) (No. 14) ORDER, 1977.

WHEREAS by the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft (the terms of which are set out in Part I of the Schedule hereto) done at the Hague on the 16th day of December, 1970, an arrangement was made with the other countries who are parties to the Convention for the surrender of persons wanted for prosecution or punishment for the offence specified in Article 1 of the Convention;

AND WHEREAS the Convention was acceded to on behalf of Ireland on the 24th day of November, 1975;

AND WHEREAS the Convention has been ratified or acceded to on behalf of the Republic of Indonesia (subject to the reservation specified in Part II of the same Schedule) and the Commonwealth of the Bahamas and it is intended, accordingly to apply Part II of the Extradition Act, 1965, in relation to those countries;

NOW, the Government, in exercise of the power conferred on them by section 8 (1) of the Extradition Act, 1965, (No. 17 of 1965), hereby order as follows