S.I. No. 10/1983 - Extradition Act, 1965 (Part II) (No. 17) Order, 1983.

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 Montreal, this twenty third day of September, one thousand nine hundred and seventy-one in three originals, each being drawn up in four authentic texts in the English, French, Russian and Spanish languages.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, this 5th day of January, 1983.

GARRET FITZGERALD,

Taoiseach.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of this Order (which amends the Extradition Act, 1965 (Part II) (No. 9) Order, 1975 and the Extradition Act, 1965 (Part II) (No. 10) Order 1976) is to apply in relation to Spain (subject to the reservations and declarations specified in Part I of the Schedule) the provisions of Part II of the Extradition Act, 1965. The purpose of the Order is to enable the extradition of persons in pursuance of the arrangements for extradition entered into by the State with Spain, as party to the European Convention on Extradition, the Hague Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft and the Montreal Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation.

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 Montreal 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 16.

7. Any Party may apply reciprocity in respect of any offences excluded from the application of the Convention under this Article.

ARTICLE 3.

Political Offences.

S.I. No. 10 of 1983.

EXTRADITION ACT, 1965 (PART II) (NO. 17) ORDER, 1983.

WHEREAS by the European Convention on Extradition (the terms of which are set out in paragraph 1 of Part I of the Schedule hereto) done at Paris on the 13th day of December, 1957 (and hereinafter referred to as "the Paris Convention"), an arrangement was made with the other countries who are parties to the Paris Convention for the surrender of persons wanted for prosecution or punishment for the offences specified in Article 2 of the Paris Convention;

AND WHEREAS the Paris Convention was ratified on behalf of Ireland on the 2nd day of May, 1966;

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

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

AND WHEREAS by the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation (the terms of which are set out in Part III of the said Schedule) done at Montreal on the 23rd day of September, 1971 (and hereinafter referred to as the "Montreal Convention"), an arrangement was made with the other countries who are parties to the Montreal Convention for the surrender of persons wanted for prosecution or punishment for the offences specified in Article 1 of the Montreal Convention;

AND WHEREAS the Montreal Convention was acceded to on behalf of Ireland on the 12th day of October, 1976;

AND WHEREAS the Paris Convention, the Hague Convention and the Montreal Convention have each been acceded to or ratified on behalf of Spain, subject in the case of the Paris Convention to the reservations and declarations the terms of which are set out in paragraph 2 of the said Part I, and it is intended, accordingly, to apply Part II of the said Act in relation to that country;

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