Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

EXTRADITION ACT 1988 - SECT 3

                   The principal objects of this Act are:

                     (a)  to codify the law relating to the extradition of persons from Australia to extradition countries and New Zealand and, in particular, to provide for proceedings by which courts may determine whether a person is to be, or is eligible to be, extradited, without determining the guilt or innocence of the person of an offence;

                     (b)  to facilitate the making of requests for extradition by Australia to other countries; and

                     (c)  to enable Australia to carry out its obligations under extradition treaties.