Extradition (Foreign States)

No. 103 of 1972

An Act to amend the Extradition (Foreign States) Act 1966–1968.

[Assented to 27 October 1972]

BE it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—

Short title and citation.

1.—(1.) This Act may be cited as the Extradition (Foreign States) Act 1972.

(2.) The Extradition (Foreign States) Act 1966-1968 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

(3.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Extradition (Foreign States) Act 1966–1972.

Commencement.

2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

Interpretation.

3. Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after sub-section (4.) the following sub-section:—

“(5.) On and after the day on which the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft (being the Convention referred to in the Crimes (Hijacking of Aircraft) Act 1972) enters into force for Australia, an offence against a law of, or of a part of, a foreign state that is bound by that Convention, being an offence constituted by an act, including an act taking place in Australia, that is of a kind referred to in item 32a or item 33 in the First Schedule to this Act and over which the foreign state is required by paragraph 1 of Article 4 of that Convention to establish its jurisdiction, shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to be an extradition crime and to have been committed within the jurisdiction of the foreign state.”.

Act may be applied in relation to foreign state by regulation.

4. Section 10 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section (3.) the words “in relation to which this Act applies”.

First Schedule.

5. The First Schedule to the Principal Act is amended by inserting after item 32 the following item:—

“32a The unlawful seizure, or unlawful exercise of control, of an aircraft, by force or threat of force or by any other form of intimidation.”.