Paragraph 20
United Kingdom
In this Schedule, unless the context otherwise requires—
“colony” includes colonies under one legislature;
“conviction” and “convicted” do not include or refer to a conviction which under foreign law is a conviction for contumacy, but “accused person” includes a person so convicted for contumacy;
“extradition crime”, in relation to any foreign state, is to be construed by reference to the Order in Council under section 2 of the M1Extradition Act 1870 applying to that state as it had effect immediately before the coming into force of this Act and to any amendments thereafter made to that Order;
“fugitive criminal” means any person accused or convicted of an extradition crime committed within the jurisdiction of any foreign state who is in or is suspected of being in some part of Her Majesty’s dominions;
“fugitive criminal of a foreign state” means a fugitive criminal accused or convicted of an extradition crime committed within the jurisdiction of that state;
“justice of the peace” includes in Scotland a sheriff;
“legislature” means any person or persons who can exercise legislative authority in a colony, and where there are local legislatures as well as a central legislature, means the central legislature only;
“warrant”, in the case of any foreign state, includes any judicial document authorising the arrest of a person accused of crime.
Annotations
Marginal citations
- M1
Notes on the whole Act
Textual amendments
- F1
Act repealed (1.1.2004) by Extradition Act 2003 (c. 41), ss. 218(b), 220, 221, Sch. 4; S.I. 2003/3103, art. 2 (with savings in arts. 3-5 (as amended by S.I. 2003/3258 and S.I. 2003/3312)); Act amended (as so saved) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), Sch. 8 paras. 324-330; S.I. 2004/2066, art. 2(c)(xiv) (with art. 3); S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(y); Act further amended by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), Sch. 9 para. 52, Sch. 11 para. 1(2); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)
Notes on Schedule 1
Modifications
- C1
Sch. 1 amended (1.9.2001) by 2001 c. 17, s. 71 (with ss. 56(2), 63(2), 78); S.I. 2001/2161, art. 2
- C2
Sch. 1 (paras. 1-20) applied by S.I. 1991/1699, art. 2.
Sch. 1 (paras. 1-20) applied by S.I. 1991/1701, art. 2.
Sch. 1 (paras. 1-20) applied by S.I. 1991/1702, arts. 2 and 3.
- C3
Sch. 1 (paras. 1-20) applied by S.I. 1991/1720, art. 2.
- C4
Sch. 1 applied (with modifications) (27.1.1993) by S.I. 1992/3200, arts. 2,3
Sch. 1 applied (1.9.1997) by S.I. 1997/1760, art. 2(1)(b)(2)(b)
Sch. 1 applied (1.9.1997) by S.I. 1997/1762, art. 2(2)
Sch. 1 applied (1.9.1997) by S.I. 1997/1763, art. 2(2)
Sch. 1 applied (1.9.1997) by S.I. 1997/1764, art. 2(2)
Sch. 1 applied (1.9.1997) by S.I. 1997/1765, art. 2(2)
Sch. 1 applied (1.9.1997) by S.I. 1997/1766, art. 2(1)(b)(2)(b)
Sch. 1 applied (1.9.1997) by S.I. 1997/1767, art. 2(2)
Sch. 1 applied (1.9.1997) by S.I. 1997/1768, art. 2(2)
Sch. 1 applied (1.9.1997) by S.I. 1997/1769, art. 2(2)
Sch. 1 applied (27.8.2002) by S.I. 2002/1831, art. 2, Sch. 2