Commonwealth Numbered Acts

EXTRADITION (COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES) AMENDMENT ACT 1976 No. 9 of 1977 - SECT 3

3. Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after sub-section
(4A) the following sub-section:-

''(4B) On and after the day on which the Convention referred to in the
Crimes (Internationally Protected Persons) Act 1976 enters into force for
Australia, an offence against a law of, or of a part of, a declared
Commonwealth country that is bound by that Convention, being an offence
constituted by an act, including an act taking place in Australia, that is of
a kind referred to in item 31A or item 34 in Schedule 1 and over which the
declared Commonwealth country is required by paragraph 1 of Article 3 of that
Convention to establish its jurisdiction, shall, for the purposes of this Act-

   (a)  be deemed to be an extradition crime and to have been committed within
        the jurisdiction of the declared Commonwealth country; and

   (b)  not be taken to be an offence that is, or is by reason of
        circumstances in which it is alleged to have been committed or was
        committed, an offence of a political character.''.