120 tal-1996

L.N. 120 01 1996

EXTRADITION ACT

(CAP. 276)

Extradition (DesIgnated Foreign Countries) Order. 1996

IN exereise ofthc powcrs conferred by section 7 of the Extradition

Act, the Minister of Justice and the Arts had made the followi ng order.-

This Order may becited as the Extradition (Designated Foreign Cil.donond

Countries) Order, 1996, and il shall come into force on thc 281h May , _ ........ ..,.4.

1996 (hereinafter in this Order referred to as "the relevant date").

(Anicle 4)

FOREIGN STATES PARTIES TO THE CONVENTION

Afghanistan

Ghana

Algeria

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Antigua and Barbuda

Granada

Argentina

Guatemala

Armenia

Guinea

Azcrbaijan

Guinea-Bissau

Bahamas

Guyana

Haiti

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Honduras

Belarus

India

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Belgium

Bhutan

Italy

Bolivja

Japan

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Jordan

Brazil

Kenya

Brunei

Kyrgyzstan

Darussalam

Latvia

Bulgaria

Lesotho

Burkina Faso

Luxembourg

Burundi

Madagascar

Cameroon

Malawi

Cape Verde

Malaysia

Mali

Ch""

Chile

Mauritania

China

Mexico

Colombia

Monaco

COSta Rica

Morocco

Cote d'lvoire

Myanmar

Croatia

Nepal

Czech Republic

Netherlands

Denmark

Nicaragua

Dominica

Niger

Dominican Republic

Nigeria

Equador

Norway

Egypt

Oman

El Salvador

Pakistan

Ethiopia

Panama

Fiji

Paraguay

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Finland

France

Poland

Gennany

Ponugal

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Swaziland

Republic of Moldova

Sweden

Romania

Syria

Russian Federation

The fOfTneT Yugoslav

Sainl KiltS and Nevis

Republic of Macedonia

Saint Lucia

Togo

Sainl Viocenl and the Grenadines

Tunisia

Saudi Arabia

Uganda

Senegal

Ukrai ne

Seychelles

United Arab Emirates

Sierra Leone

United Slates of America

Slovakia

Uruguay

Slovenia

Uzbekistan

Spain

Venezuela

Sri Lanka

Yugoslavia

Sudan

Zambia

Suriname

Zimbabwe,

In this Order, unless the context otherwise I"e{juires -

"the Convention" means the United Nations Convention

against Illic it Traffic in Na rcotic Drugs and Psychotropic

Substances opened for signature at Vienna from 20th December,

1988 until 28th February, 1989 and subsequently at lhe United

Nations Headquaners, New York until 20th December, 1989, the

lenns of which are set out in the relevant convention published in

the Government Gazelle dated 24th May. 1996;

"the relcvant Act" means the Extradi tion Act;

"the relevan t date" shall have the same meaning assigned to

it by article 1 of this Order

"requesting country" means a country making an extradition

request.

Any arrangement as is referred to in sections 7 and 30 of the A~

relevant Act with any country listed in the Schedule to this Order, which ::." fom",

on the relcvant dale is still applicable to Malta .shall as may be necessary

and with effect from the relevant date be deemed to be supplemented

by paragraph 2 of Anklc 6 ofthe Convention and any such arrangement

shall be construed accordingly.

( I ) Those countries listed in the Schedule to this O rdcr with Fo«i", ......... i04.

whic h no arrangement as referred to in sections 7 and 30 of the relevant

Ac t exists on the relevant date, are hereby being designated as foreign

countries for the purposes of section 6 of the said Act only in respect of

an offence as is refcrred to in paragraph 2 of Ankle 60fthe Convention

and subject to the provisions of the following paragraphs of this article.

(2) In the case o f a country to which paragraph (I) of this

article applies, no proceedings shall be take n on an app lication for a

provisional arrest warrant under paragraph (b) of subsection (I) of

section 14 of the relevant Act and no such warrant shall be issued unless

the application is made wi th the consent of the Minister responsible for

justice signified by means of an appropriate certificate to that effect

but subject as aforesaid the signification of consent shall not affect the

provisions of the said section 14 .

(3) [n the case of an extradition req uest from a country to

which paragraph (1) of this article applies ill respect of an offence

referred to in the same paragraph and without prejudice to his so dtciding

on other grounds, the Minister responsible for justice may, in the

circumstances mentioned in paragraph (4) of this anicle, decide not to

make an order under section 13 or section 2 1 of the relevant Act or for

the purposes of paragraph (2) of this article s ignifying his consent to an

application for a provisional warrant.

(4) The Mi niste r responsible for justice may decide as

provided in parngraph (3) of this article where the Ministeris not satisfted

that provision is made by the law of the requesting country under which

a person accused or convicted in Malta of the like o ffence as that 10

which the request refers migh t be surrendered to Malta if found in the

requesting counlry .