S.I. No. 300/1984 - Extradition Act, 1965 (Part II) (No. 20) Order, 1984.

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 20th day of November,

1984.

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 the United States of America the provisions if 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 way of a bilateral Treaty on Extradition between the State and the United States of America and as Party to 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

S.I. No. 300 of 1984.

EXTRADITION ACT, 1965 (PART II) (No. 20) ORDER, 1984.

WHEREAS by the Treaty on Extradition between Ireland and the United States of America (the terms of which are set out in Part I of the Schedule hereto) signed in Washington on the 13th day of July, 1983, (hereinafter referred to as "the Washington Treaty") an arrangement was made with the United States of America for the surrender of persons wanted for prosecution or punishment for an offence specified in Article II of the Washington Convention;

AND WHEREAS the Washington Treaty was ratified on behalf of Ireland on the 15th day of November, 1984;

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 (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 offence specified in Article I 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 (hereinafter referred to as the "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 Washington Treaty, the Hague Convention and the Montreal Convention have each been ratified on behalf of the United States of America and it is intended, accordingly, to apply Part II of the Extradition Act, 1965 (No. 17 of 1965), in relation to that country;

NOW, the Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 8 of the Extradition Act, 1965, hereby order as follows