Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2023)

4.   Extradition

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    (1)   Subject to subsection (2) where no extradition treaty within the meaning of Part 3 of the Extradition Act has been made with a State that is a party to the Convention and that State is not a Commonwealth country, Part 1 of that Act applies to that foreign State as if the Convention were such an extradition treaty with that State.

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    (2)   When Part 1 of the Extradition Act applies to a foreign State by virtue of this section that Part has effect in respect of that foreign State as if the only extradition crimes within the meaning of that Act were offences under this Act and attempts to commit such offences.

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    (3)   In this section, “Convention” refers to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft signed at the Hague on December 16, 1970, the text of which is set out in the Schedule.