EXTRADITION ACT 1988

Table of Provisions

• Long Title

• 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  
• 12 Provisional arrest warrants  
• 13 Search and seizure upon arrest  
• 14 Search and seizure warrants  
• 15 Remand  
• 16 Notice by Attorney-General  
• 17 Release from remand  
• 18 Consent to surrender  
• 19 Determination of eligibility for surrender  
• 20 Consent to accessory extradition  
• 21 Review of magistrate's orders  
• 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  
• 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  
• 34 Surrender warrants  
• 35 Review of magistrate's orders  
• 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  
• 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  
• 45 Prosecution, instead of extradition, of certain Australian citizens  
• 46 Arrangements relating to magistrates  
• 47 Execution of certain warrants in any part of Australia  
• 48 Transit  
• 49 Arrest of persons escaping from custody  
• 50 Solicitor-client relationship in relation to communications  
• 51 Jurisdiction of courts  
• 52 Evidence of certain matters  
• 53 Conditions of imprisonment  
• 54 Application of certain Acts  
• 55 Regulations