S.I. No. 10/1989 - Extradition Act, 1965 (Part II) (No. 25) Order, 1989.

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.

PART II

Reservations

Bahrain, Brazil, Bulgaria, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, China, Czechoslovakia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Hungary, Indonesia, Malawi, Mongolia, Oman, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic and Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Reservation made with respect to paragraph 1 of Article 14 of the Convention.

Morocco

In the case of a dispute, all recourse must be made to the International Court of Justice on the basis of the unanimous consent of the parties concerned.

Venezuela

Venezuela will take into consideration clearly political motives and the circumstances under which offences described in Article 1 of this Convention are committed, in refusing to extradite or prosecute an offender, unless financial extortion or injury to the crew, passengers, or other persons has occurred.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, this 13th day of January,

1989.

CHARLES J. HAUGHEY,

Taoiseach.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of this Order (which repeals and replaces all previous Orders concerning the Hague Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft, 1970 and the Montreal Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation, 1971) is to apply in relation to the countries specified in the First Schedule, the provisions of Part II of the Extradition Act, 1965 (subject in each case to the reservations specified in Part II of the Second Schedule and Part II of the Third Schedule). The purpose of this Order is to enable the extradition of persons in pursuance of the arrangements for extradition entered into by the State with those countries as parties 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. 10 of 1989.

EXTRADITION ACT, 1965 (PART II) (No. 25) ORDER, 1989.

WHEREAS by the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft (the terms of which are set out in Part I of the Second Schedule hereto), done at The Hague on the 16th day of December, 1970 (referred to subsequently in this Order as "the Hague Convention"), to which the State is a party, 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 the Hague Convention has also been ratified or acceded to on behalf of the countries specified in Part I of the First Schedule hereto, subject, in the case of Bahrain, Brazil, Bulgaria, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, China, Czechoslovakia, Egypt, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Malawi, Oman, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, Ukranian Soviet Socialist Republic, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Viet Nam and Morocco to the reservations by the country concerned specified in Part II of the said Second Schedule

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 I of the Third Schedule hereto) done at Montreal on the 23rd day of September, 1971 (referred to subsequently in this Order as "the Montreal Convention"), to which the State is a party, an arragnement 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 Montreal Convention has also been ratified or acceded to on behalf of the countries set out in Part II of the said First Schedule, subject, in the case of Bahrain, Brazil, Bulgaria, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, China, Czechoslovakia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Hungary, Indonesia, Malawi, Mongolia, Morocco, Oman, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and Venezuela to the reservations by the country concerned specified in Part II of the said Third Schedule

AND WHEREAS it is intended accordingly to apply Part II of the Extradition Act, 1965 (No. 17 of 1965), to each of the countries specified in the said First Schedule hereto

NOW the Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 8 of the Extradition Act, 1965 (No. 17 of 1965), hereby make the following order with respect to which pursuant to section 4 of that Act (inserted by the

Extradition (European Convention on the Suppression of Terrorism) Act, 1987

(No. 1 of 1987)) a draft has been laid before each House of the Oireachtas and a resolution approving of the draft has been passed by each such House