'Extradition' in document 'Antigua and Barbuda - The Genocide Act'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

5. Extradition Proceedings.

For the purpose of the Extradition Act, all powers vested in and acts authorized or required to be done by any person thereunder in relation to the surrender of fugitive criminals under the Extradition Acts. 1870 and 1873 of the United Kingdom and any Acts amending or substituted for those Acts, hereinafter called "the United Kingdom Acts", shall and may be done in relation to any offence of genocide, any attempt or conspiracy to commit such offence and any direct or excitement to commit such an offence and for the purposes of the application of the Extradition Act in so far as it relates to the United Kingdom Acts and such United Kingdom Acts shall be deemed in relation to any proceedings within Antigua and Barbuda to include the offence of genocide and any attempt of conspiracy to commit such an offence and any direct and public excitement to commit such an offence as if such offences were stated as extraditable offences in the United Kingdom Acts.

6. Non-political character of offence.

For the purposes of the Extradition Act and the Fugitive Offenders Act no offence which, if committed in Antigua and Barbuda would be punishable as an offence of genocide or as an attempt, conspiracy or excitement to commit such an offence shall be regarded as an offence of a political character, and no proceedings in respect of such an offence shall be regarded as a criminal matter of a political character.

RELEVANT ROME STATUTE PROVISIONS

Article 102
Use of terms
For the purposes of this Statute:
(a) "surrender" means the delivering up of a person by a State to the Court, pursuant to this Statute.
(b) "extradition" means the delivering up of a person by one State to another as provided by treaty, convention or national legislation.