Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

EXTRADITION ACT 1988 - SECT 6

Where:

(a)

either:

(i)

a warrant is or warrants are in force for the arrest of a person in relation to an offence or offences against the law of a country that the person is accused of having committed either before or after the commencement of this Act; or

(ii)

a person has been convicted of an offence or offences against the law of a country either before or after the commencement of this Act and:

(A) there is an intention to impose a sentence on the person as a consequence of the conviction; or
(B) the whole or a part of a sentence imposed on the person as a consequence of the conviction remains to be served;

(b)

the offence or any of the offences is an extradition offence in relation to the country; and

(c)

the person is believed to be outside the country;

the person is, for the purposes of this Act, an extraditable person in relation to the country.