Commonwealth Numbered Acts

EXTRADITION ACT 1988 No. 4 of 1988 - SECT 55

55. The Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act,
prescribing all matters:

   (a)  required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed; or

   (b)  necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving
        effect to this Act; and, in particular, may make regulations
        prescribing:

   (c)  the practice and procedure in relation to the performance by
        magistrates of functions under this Act, including:

        (i)    the remanding of persons either in custody or on bail;

        (ii)   the summoning of witnesses;

        (iii)  the production of documents;

        (iv)   the taking of evidence on oath or affirmation;

        (v)    the administering of oaths or affirmations;

        (vi)   the payment of expenses of witnesses; and

        (vii)  the protection and immunity of magistrates, of barristers and
               solicitors appearing before magistrates and of witnesses; and

   (d)  prescribing penalties not exceeding a fine of $2,000 for offences
        against the regulations.