Extradition (Commonwealth and Foreign Territories)

CHAPTER 12:04 EXTRADITION (COMMONWEALTH AND FOREIGN TERRITORIES) ACT

An Act to repeal and replace the Extradition Act, the French Guiana Extradition Act, the Venezuela Extradition Act and the applied United Kingdom Acts entitled the Fugitive Offenders Act, 1881 and the Extradition Acts, 1870 to 1906

[31ST JANUARY 1986]

PART III
EXTRADITION FROM TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO


7. Further proceedings.
For greater certainty, the discharge of a person under this Act does not preclude further proceedings, whether or not they are based on the same conduct, with a view to the return of the person under this Act unless the High Court is of the opinion that those further proceedings would be an abuse of process.

Article 20
Ne bis in idem
1. Except as provided in this Statute, no person shall be tried before the Court with respect to conduct which formed the basis of crimes for which the person has been convicted or acquitted by the Court.
2. No person shall be tried by another court for a crime referred to in article 5 for which that person has already been convicted or acquitted by the Court.
3. No person who has been tried by another court for conduct also proscribed under article 6, 7 or 8 shall be tried by the Court with respect to the same conduct unless the proceedings in the other court:
(a) Were for the purpose of shielding the person concerned from criminal responsibility for crimes within the jurisdiction of the Court; or
(b) Otherwise were not conducted independently or impartially in accordance with the norms of due process recognized by international law and were conducted in a manner which, in the circumstances, was inconsistent with an intent to bring the person concerned to justice.