Commonwealth Numbered Acts

EXTRADITION ACT 1988 No. 4 of 1988 - SECT 3

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.