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Extradition Act 1988
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C2012C00497
20 April 2012
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19 September 2012
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Part I—Preliminary
1 Short title [see Note 1]
2 Commencement [see Note 1]
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
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Part II—Extradition from Australia to Extradition 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 order
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
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Part III—Extradition from Australia to New Zealand
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
33A Consent to surrender
34 Surrender warrants
35 Review of magistrate’s order
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
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Part IV—Extradition to Australia from Other Countries
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
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Part V—Miscellaneous
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
49A Arrest of person released on bail
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
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55 Regulations
Notes to the STYLEREF ShortT \* MERGEFORMAT Extradition Act 1988