Antigua and Barbuda

The Extradition Act 1993

PART VI
SPECIAL CASES

25. (1) the purposes of this Act, no offence which, if committed in Antigua and Barbuda would be punishable as an offence under the Genocide Act or as an conspiracy or incitement 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 apolitical character.

(2) It shall not be an objection to any proceedings against a person under this Act in respect of an offence which, if committed in Antigua and Barbuda, would be punishable as an offence of genocide or as an attempt, conspiracy or incitement to commit such an offence that under the law in force at the time when and in the place where he is alleged to have committed the act of which he is accused or of which he was convicted he have been punished for it.

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