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Order (No. 2), 1996

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Malta Government Gazette — Legal Notice 1996 131 — Order (No. 2), 1996

L.N. 131 01 JJM

EXTRADmON ACf

(CAP. 276)

Extradition (Designated Foreign Countries)

Order (No. 2), 1996

IN exercise of the powers conferred by section 7 of the Extradition

Act, the Minister for Justice and the Arts has made the following

order: -

l. This Order may be cited as the Extradition (Designated

Foreign Countries) Order (No. 2), 1996, and shall be deemed to have

come into force on the 17th June, 1996 (hereinafte r in this Order

referred to as "the relevant dale').

Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta' Malta — Avviż Legali 1996 131 — Ordni ta' 1-1996 dwar I-Estradl:aJoni

Dan I-Ordn i jista' jissejjah I-Ordni la ' 1- 1996 dwar 1- TiI(IIoubidu

Estradiujoni (Pajjizi Barranin Speeiflkati) (Nru. 2), u gl'landu jitqies 11 .... 1111.

li bedajsehh fis- 17 ta' Gunju, 1996 (hawnhekk. iijed 'il quddiem fdan

I-Ordni msejha "id-data relevanti").

Malta Government Gazette — Legal Notice 1996 131 — Order (No. 2), 1996

FOREIGN STATES PARTIES TO THE CONVENTION

Netherlands

Norway

Poland

Czech Republic

Portugal

Slovalcia

Slovenia

Spain

Switzerland

Turkey

United Ki ngdom of

Great Britain and Northern Ireland

including the Channel Islands

and the Isle of Man.

Liechtenstein

Luxembourg

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Malta Government Gazette — Legal Notice 1996 131 — Order (No. 2), 1996

In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires -

"the Convention" means the European Convention on

Extradition (hereinafter referred to as "the Convention") opened

for signature in Paris on 13th December, 1957 and the tenns o f

which are set out only in the relevant convention published in the

Government Gazette dated 28th May, 1996;

" the relevant Act" means the Extradition Act;

" the relevant date" shall have the same meaning assigned to

it by article I o f this Order;

"scheduledcountries" shall have the same meaning ass igned

to it by paragraph (I) o f article 3 of this Order.

Malta Government Gazette — Legal Notice 1996 131 — Order (No. 2), 1996

(1) Those countries listed in the Schedule to this Order .............

(hereinafter referred to as "scheduled countries'') are hereby being _ieo.

des ignated as foreign countries for the purposes of section 6 of the

re levant Act and any arrangement with any such countries applicable

to Malta before the relevant date by virtue of the provisions of section

30 of the said Act shall be deemed to have been revoked with effect

from the relevant date.

(2) The provisions of the Extradition (Designated Foreign LN. 120

Countries) Order, 1996, in so far as applicable to any scheduled country of 1996.

before the relevant date and to the extent that they are inconsistent

with the provisions of this Order, shall with effect from the relevant

date no longer apply to any such country.

(3) Saving the provisions of paragraph (4) of this article,

any scheduled country which before the relevant date was a designated

Commonwealt h country for the purposes of section 4 of the relevant

Act shall on the relevant date be deemed to be no longer sodesignated .

(4) Notwithstanding anythi ng contai ned in this Order, a

scheduled country to which paragraph (3) of this artide applies shall,

in respect of a territory for the external relations of wh ich it is

responsible, not being a territory listed in the Schedule to this Order,

continue to be deemed a designated Commonwealth country and

subsection (3) of section 4 of the relevant Act shall be construed

accordingly .

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