Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsAct No. 4 of 1988 as amended
This compilation was prepared on 14 March 2012
taking into account amendments up to Act No. 3 of 2012
The text of any of those amendments not in force
on that date is appended in the Notes section
The operation of
amendments that have been incorporated may be
affected by application provisions that are set out in the Notes section
Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting and
Publishing,
Attorney-General's Department, Canberra
Contents
Part I--Preliminary 1
1............ Short title [see Note 1] ........................................................................ 1
2............ Commencement [see Note 1] .............................................................. 1
3............ Principal objects of Act ....................................................................... 1
4............ Exclusion of other laws ....................................................................... 1
5............ Interpretation ....................................................................................... 2
6............ Meaning of extraditable person .......................................................... 6
7............ Meaning of extradition objection ........................................................ 7
8............ Certain places etc. to be part of a country ............................................ 8
9............ Law of a country ................................................................................. 8
10.......... Interpretative provisions relating to offences ....................................... 8
11.......... Modification of Act in relation to certain countries ............................. 9
Part II--Extradition from Australia to Extradition Countries 12
12.......... Provisional arrest warrants ................................................................ 12
13.......... Search and seizure upon arrest .......................................................... 12
14.......... Search and seizure warrants .............................................................. 14
15.......... Remand ............................................................................................. 15
16.......... Notice by Attorney-General .............................................................. 16
17.......... Release from remand ......................................................................... 17
18.......... Consent to surrender ......................................................................... 18
19.......... Determination of eligibility for surrender .......................................... 19
20.......... Consent to accessory extradition ....................................................... 22
21.......... Review of magistrate's order ............................................................ 22
22.......... Surrender determination by Attorney-General .................................. 24
23.......... Surrender warrants ............................................................................ 27
24.......... Temporary surrender warrants .......................................................... 27
25.......... Surrender warrants after temporary surrender ................................... 28
26.......... Form and execution of surrender warrants and temporary surrender warrants 30
27.......... Delivery of property to extradition country ....................................... 31
Part III--Extradition from Australia to New Zealand 33
28.......... Indorsement of New Zealand warrants ............................................. 33
29.......... Provisional arrest warrants ................................................................ 33
30.......... Search and seizure upon arrest .......................................................... 33
31.......... Search and seizure warrants .............................................................. 35
32.......... Remand ............................................................................................. 36
33.......... Release from remand ......................................................................... 37
33A....... Consent to surrender ......................................................................... 37
34.......... Surrender warrants ............................................................................ 38
35.......... Review of magistrate's order ............................................................ 39
36.......... Temporary surrender warrants .......................................................... 41
37.......... Surrender warrants after temporary surrender ................................... 42
38.......... Form and execution of surrender warrants and temporary surrender warrants 43
39.......... Delivery of property to New Zealand ................................................ 44
Part IV--Extradition to Australia from Other Countries 46
40.......... Requests for surrender of persons to Australia ................................. 46
41.......... Surrendered persons to be brought into Australia ............................. 46
42.......... Speciality ........................................................................................... 46
43.......... Evidence for purposes of surrender of persons to Australia ............. 47
44.......... Persons temporarily surrendered to Australia ................................... 47
Part V--Miscellaneous 49
45.......... Prosecution, instead of extradition, of certain Australian citizens ...... 49
46.......... Arrangements relating to magistrates ................................................ 50
47.......... Execution of certain warrants in any part of Australia ....................... 51
48.......... Transit ............................................................................................... 51
49.......... Arrest of persons escaping from custody .......................................... 52
49A....... Arrest of person released on bail ....................................................... 52
50.......... Solicitor-client relationship in relation to communications ................ 52
51.......... Jurisdiction of courts ......................................................................... 53
52.......... Evidence of certain matters ................................................................ 53
53.......... Conditions of imprisonment .............................................................. 53
54.......... Application of certain Acts ................................................................ 53
55.......... Regulations ....................................................................................... 54
Notes 55
An Act relating to the extradition of persons to and from Australia
Notes to
the
Extradition Act 1988 Note 1 The Extradition Act 1988 as shown in this
compilation comprises Act For all relevant information pertaining to application, saving
or transitional provisions see Table A. The Extradition Act 1988 was modified by the A.C.T.
Self-Government (Consequential Provisions) Regulations (1989 No. 3 as
amended) see Table B. Table of Acts
No. 4, 1988 amended as indicated in the Tables below.
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Act |
Number |
Date |
Date of commencement |
Application, saving or transitional provisions |
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4, 1988 |
9 Mar 1988 |
1 Dec 1988 (see Gazette 1988, No. S366) |
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76, 1990 |
22 Oct 1990 |
22 Oct 1990 |
S. 4(2) and (3) |
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139, 1991 |
27 Sept 1991 |
Schedule 5: 16 Mar 1992 (see Gazette 1992, No. S65) |
S. 41(1) |
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182, 1994 |
19 Dec 1994 |
S. 31: 16 Jan 1995 |
-- |
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20, 1997 |
7 Apr 1997 |
Schedule 1 (items 19, 20): Royal Assent |
-- |
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Criminal Code Amendment (Suppression of Terrorist Bombings) Act 2002 |
58, 2002 |
3 July 2002 |
Schedule 1 (item 2): 8 Sept 2002 (see Gazette 2002, No. S331) |
-- |
|
Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism Act 2002 |
66, 2002 |
5 July 2002 |
Schedule 4: (a) |
-- |
|
Nuclear Terrorism Legislation Amendment Act 2012 |
3, 2012 |
6 Mar 2012 |
Schedule 1 (item 8): [see Note 2] |
-- |
(a) Subsection 2(1) (item 7) of the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism Act 2002 provides as follows:
(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, on the day or at the time specified in column 2 of the table.
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Commencement information |
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Column 1 |
Column 2 |
Column 3 |
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Provision(s) |
Commencement |
Date/Details |
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7. Schedule 4 |
Immediately after the start of the day after this Act receives the Royal Assent |
6 July 2002 |
Table of Amendments
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ad. = added or inserted am. = amended rep. = repealed rs. = repealed and substituted |
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Provision affected |
How affected |
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Part I |
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S. 5...................................... |
am. No. 139, 1991; No. 182, 1994; Nos. 58 and 66, 2002 |
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Ss. 10, 11............................ |
am. No. 76, 1990 |
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Part II |
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S. 15.................................... |
am. No. 20, 1997 |
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S. 19.................................... |
am. No. 76, 1990 |
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S. 21.................................... |
am. No. 76, 1990 |
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Part III |
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S. 33A................................. |
ad. No. 76, 1990 |
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S. 35.................................... |
am. No. 76, 1990 |
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Part IV |
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S. 43.................................... |
am. No. 76, 1990 |
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Part V |
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S. 49.................................... |
am. No. 20, 1997 |
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S. 49A................................. |
ad. No. 76, 1990 |
Note 2
Nuclear Terrorism Legislation Amendment Act 2012 (No. 3, 2012)
The following amendment commences on proclamation or 1 month after the day on which the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism, done at New York on 13 April 2005, comes into force for Australia. However, the amendment may not commence, see subsection 2(1) (items 2 and 3):
Schedule 1
8 Section 5 (at the end of paragraph (a) of the definition of political offence)
Add:
or (x) Article 2 of the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism, done at New York on 13 April 2005;
As at 14 March 2012 the amendment is not incorporated in this compilation.
Table A
Application, saving or transitional provisions
Extradition Amendment Act 1990 (No. 76, 1990)
4 Modification of Act in relation to certain countries
(2) Regulations to which this subsection applies are to be regarded as if:
(a) subsections 11 (1A), (1B), (1C) and (3) of the Principal Act, as amended by this Act, had been in force on the date of commencement of the regulations; and
(b) the regulations had been made on that date under subsection 11 (1A).
(3) Subsection (2) applies to regulations made under paragraph 11 (1) (b) of the Principal Act and providing that that Act applies to a specified extradition country subject to a particular multilateral extradition treaty.
Crimes (Aviation) Act 1991 (No. 139, 1991)
41 Evidence: record of evidence taken at preliminary inquiries
(1) A document certified by the Attorney-General to be a record of evidence sent to the Attorney-General under section 37 is admissible in evidence in any of the following:
(a) proceedings under section 38 or 39;
(b) proceedings in respect of an offence against this Act;
(c) proceedings under the Extradition Act 1988;
and, when so admitted, the evidence recorded in it is evidence in the proceedings.
Table B
Modifications
A.C.T. Self-Government (Consequential Provisions) Regulations
Section 5 (definition of magistrate)
Before "the Northern Territory" (wherever occurring) insert "the Australian Capital Territory,".
Paragraph 46(1)(b)
Omit the paragraph, substitute the following paragraph:
"(b) arrange with:
(i) the Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory; or
(ii) the Administrator of the Northern Territory or the Territory of Norfolk Island;
for the performance, by all or any of the persons who from time to time hold office as magistrates of that Territory, of the functions of a magistrate under this Act.".