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.