Extradition (Designated Foreign Countries)

L.N. 278 of 2008

EXTRADITION ACT

(CAP. 276)

Extradition (Designated Foreign Countries)

(Amendment) Order, 2008

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 7 of the

Extradition Act, the Minister for Justice and Home Affairs has made

the following order:-

The title of this Order is the Extradition (Designated

Foreign Countries) (Amendment) Order, 2008, and it shall be read

and construed as one with the Extradition (Designated Foreign

Countries) Order, 2004, hereinafter referred to as “the principal

2004. Order”.

In subarticle (3) of article 6A of the principal Order,

paragraphs (a) to (d) shall be renumbered as paragraphs (b) to (e)

respectively and immediately before paragraph (b) thereof as

renumbered there shall be inserted the following new paragraph

“(a) in article (7) for the words “issuing arrest warrants”

there shall be substituted the words “requesting the issue of

alerts;”.

In subarticle (1) of article 13 of the principal Order.

paragraph (b) thereof shall be deleted and paragraphs (c) to (i) shall

be re-numbered as paragraphs (b) to (h) respectively.

Article 15 of the principle order shall be deleted.

For sub-article (3) of article 31 of the principal Order there

shall be substituted the following

“(3) The court shall postpone surrender until it appears to

it that the condition in subarticle (2) is no longer satisfied.”.

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