Grenada

Chapter 122 - Genocide Act

4. Extradition and related matters

(1) There shall be deemed to be included—

(a)
in the list of extradition crimes contained in Schedule I to the Extradition Act, 1870, of England; and

(b)
among the descriptions of offences listed in the Schedule to the Fugitive Offenders Act, 1870,
the offence of genocide and (so far as not so included by virtue of either of those Acts) an attempt, a conspiracy, and a direct and public incitement, to commit genocide.

(2) For the purposes of the Acts mentioned in subsection (1) and the Extradition Act, 1873, of England, no offence which, if committed in Grenada, would be punishable as an offence of genocide or as an attempt, conspiracy or incitement to commit genocide, 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.

(3) It shall not be an objection to any proceedings taken against a person by virtue of subsection (1) that under the law in force at the time when and in the place where he or she is alleged to have committed the act of which he or she is accused, or of which he or she was convicted, he or she could not have been punished therefor.

Keywords

Extradition



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