Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

5.   Extradition

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    (1)   Subject to subsection (2), where an extradition treaty within the meaning of Part 3 of the Extradition Act is 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 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 State by virtue of this section, that Part has effect in respect of that 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 Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation signed at Montreal on 23 September 1971, the text of which is set out in the Schedule.