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This Order extends sections 134 and 135 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988, subject to modifications, to the territories specified in Schedule 2 hereto.

The purpose of those sections is to give effect to provisions of the United Nations Convention Against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 10th December 1984.