ACT
(Acts 12 of 1986, 3 of 2010 and 10 of 2023)
Act 12 of 1986 .. in force 6 January 1993 (S.I. 74/1992)
Amended by Act 3 of 2010 .. in force 1 February 2010
Amended by Act 10 of 2023 .. in force 30 March 2023
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
| 1. | Short title |
| 2. | Interpretation |
PART 1
APPLICATION
| 3. | Extradition crime |
| 4. | Application of Part |
POWER TO SURRENDER
| 5. | Power to apprehend and surrender fugitive |
| 6. | General restrictions on return |
| 7. | Agreement with Commonwealth country |
| 8. | When death penalty likely |
APPREHENSION OF FUGITIVE
| 9. | Arrest on foreign warrant |
| 10. | Effect of magistrate's warrant |
| 11. | Jurisdiction of magistrate |
| 12. | Proceedings for Committal |
| 13. | Detention of fugitive |
| 14. | Evidence of extradition crime |
| 15. | Evidence for fugitive |
| 16. | Committal for surrender |
| 17. | Discharge order |
| 18. | Duty of magistrate on committal |
| 19. | Appeal to High Court |
| 20. | Prescribed delay for surrender |
SURRENDER OF FUGITIVE
| 21. | Requisition from Commonwealth country |
| 22. | Requisition from foreign State |
| 23. | Duty of Attorney General to refuse surrender |
| 24. | Concurrent requisitions |
| 25. | Local offence by fugitive from Commonwealth country |
| 26. | Local offence by fugitive from foreign State |
| 27. | Delivering up fugitive for surrender |
| 28. | Powers of custodian of surrendered fugitive |
| 29. | Evidence in possession of fugitive |
| 30. | Expenses |
JUDICIAL DISCHARGE AFTER COMMITTAL
| 31. | Judicial discharge for delayed surrender |
PART 2
COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES
| 32. | Designation of Commonwealth countries |
| 33. | Special modification order |
| 34. | Part of a Commonwealth country |
PART 3
EXTRADITION TREATY STATES
| 35. | Applying Part 1 under U.K. Orders |
| 36. | Applying Part 1 subject to conditions etc |
| 37. | Revoking application of Part 1 |
| 38. | Applying Part 1 under extradition treaty |
NON-TREATY FOREIGN STATES
| 39. | Surrender when no treaty exists |
| 40. | Application of section 39 |
PART 4
EXTRADITION FROM OTHER COUNTRIES OR STATES
| 41. | Meaning of “extradition crime” |
| 42. | Requisition to return offender to Saint Lucia |
| 43. | Returning offender to Saint Lucia |
| 44. | Power over offender circumscribed |
PART 5
GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
| 45. | Offences of a political character |
| 46. | Conviction in absentia |
| 47. | Jurisdiction in civil aviation cases |
| 48. | Jurisdiction re offences in aircraft |
| 49. | Regulations |
| Schedule | |
AN ACT relating to fugitives in Saint Lucia from the criminal law of other States and to fugitives from the criminal law of Saint Lucia in other States.
Commencement [6 January 1993]