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Extradition Act 1989

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35Interpretation

(1)In this Act—

  • “appropriate authority” has the meaning assigned to it by section 6(9) above;

  • “authority to proceed” has the meaning assigned to it by section 7(1) above;

  • “court of committal” has the meaning assigned to it by section 9(1) above;

  • “designated Commonwealth country” has the meaning assigned to it by section 5(1) above,

  • “designated metropolitan magistrate” has the meaning assigned to it by section 8(2) above;

  • “extradition crime”, subject to paragraph 20 of Schedule 1 to this Act, is to be construed in accordance with section 2 above;

  • “extradition arrangements”, “general extradition arrangements” and “special extradition arrangements” have the meanings assigned to them by section 3 above;

  • “extradition request” has the meaning assigned to it by section 7(1) above;

  • “metropolitan magistrate” has the meaning assigned to it by section 8(2) above; and

  • “provisional warrant” has the meaning assigned to it by section 8(1) above.

(2)For the purposes of this Act a person convicted in his absence in a designated Commonwealth country or a colony shall be treated as a person accused of the offence of which he is convicted.

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