EXTRADITION ACT 1988
Table of Provisions
PART I--PRELIMINARY
- 1 Short title
- 2 Commencement
- 3 Principal objects of Act
- 4 Exclusion of other laws
- 5 Interpretation
- 6 Meaning of extraditable person
- 7 Meaning of extradition objection
- 8 Certain places etc. to be part of a country
- 9 Law of a country
- 10 Interpretative provisions relating to offences
- 11 Modification of Act in relation to certain countries
PART II--EXTRADITION--FROMAUSTRALIATO EXTRADITION COUNTRIES
- 12 Extradition arrest warrants
- 13 Search and seizure upon arrest
- 14 Search and seizure warrants
- 15 Remand
- 15A Waiver of extradition
- 15B Attorney - General must make surrender determination
- 16 Notice by Attorney - General
- 16A Attorney - General may give an amended notice
- 17 Release from remand
- 18 Consent to surrender
- 19 Determination of eligibility for surrender
- 19A Consent to accessory extradition--extradition offences not specified in subsection 16(1) notice etc.
- 20 Consent to accessory extradition --offences that are not extradition offences
- 21 Review of magistrate's or Judge's order
- 21A Admission of evidence etc. on review or appeal
- 22 Surrender determination by Attorney - General
- 23 Surrender warrants
- 24 Temporary surrender warrants
- 25 Surrender warrants after temporary surrender
- 26 Form and execution of surrender warrants and temporary surrender warrants
- 27 Delivery of property to extradition country
PART III--EXTRADITION--FROM AUSTRALIA TO NEW ZEALAND
- 28 Indorsement of New Zealand warrants
- 29 Provisional arrest warrants
- 30 Search and seizure upon arrest
- 31 Search and seizure warrants
- 32 Remand
- 33 Release from remand
- 33A Consent to surrender
- 34 Surrender warrants
- 35 Review of magistrate's or Judge's order
- 36 Temporary surrender warrants
- 37 Surrender warrants after temporary surrender
- 38 Form and execution of surrender warrants and temporary surrender warrants
- 39 Delivery of property to New Zealand
PART IV--EXTRADITION--TO AUSTRALIA FROM OTHER COUNTRIES
- 40 Requests for surrender of persons to Australia
- 41 Surrendered persons to be brought into Australia
- 42 Speciality
- 43 Evidence for purposes of surrender of persons to Australia
- 44 Persons temporarily surrendered to Australia
- 44A Persons permanently surrendered to Australia
PART V--MISCELLANEOUS
- 45 Prosecution of persons instead of extradition
- 45A Judges of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia ( Division 2 ) --consent to nomination
- 45B Magistrates and Judges of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia ( Division 2 ) --personal capacity
- 46 Arrangements relating to magistrates
- 46A Giving notices to magistrates or Judges etc.
- 47 Execution of certain warrants in any part of Australia
- 48 Transit
- 49 Arrest of persons escaping from custody
- 49A Arrest of person released on bail
- 49B Orders for bail to be on terms and conditions court, magistrate or Judge thinks fit
- 49C Availability of bail during judicial review proceedings relating to certain determinations
- 50 Solicitor - client relationship in relation to communications
- 51 Application of section 38 of the Judiciary Act 1903
- 52 Evidence of certain matters
- 53 Conditions of imprisonment
- 54 Application of certain Acts
- 54A Collection, use or disclosure of personal information for extradition purposes--the Privacy Act 1988
- 55 Regulations