Schedule, The Sierra Leone Guinea Relations Act, 1966

PROTOCOL OF AGREEMENT The Governments of the State of Sierra Leune and of the Republic of Guinea. Agree and decide Desirous of strengthening their economic and commercial relations in accordance with the Trade and Payments Agreements and certain other Agreements concluded beiween them on the 10h day of October, 1964. Convinced of the necessity for their co-operation to progress to a more active phase in order to intens1fy their traditional and COmmercial exchanges. Article I. In Extradition matters (a) The ordinary procedure to follow is that in cases of extraditionfrom Sierra Leone of Guinea Nationals (or from Guinea of Sierra Leone Nationals) the Court or Minister respons1ble for judicial and legal matters must be fully satisfied that there is evidence which is sufficient to put the fugitive criminal on trial if the crime of which he is accused had been committed in the requesting state. (b) All requests for the extradition of a fugitive criminal must be addressed through the usual diplomatic channels to the Minister responsible for judicial and legal matters. If the Minister is satisfied as to the authenticity of the warrants by virtue of which the request for extradition is made, and the conditions laiddown by the relevant treaties are satisfied and there are no objections on the grounds of public policy, he may issue anorder for the apprehension of the fugitive criminal. (c) In exceptionally urgent cases a Magistrate may issue a provl sional warrant where he has information of a type which wouldjustify the arrest of a suspect if the offence had been committedwithin his jurisdiction: he would then inform the Minister of hisaction. No. 9 Protocol of Agreement 1966 A 41 (d) Accompanying a request for extradition shall be the following (i) a warrant of arrest signed by a Judge, Magistrate or other oficer of the State where the crime was committed: (ii) a statement showing the identity of the fugitive, the crime, with which he is charged, the date and place of the com mission of the crime, and the date of the issuing authority of the warrant of arrest; (iii) any official file containing the prosecution papers or other documents or statements of witnesses, certified in each case by a Judge, Magistrate or other competent Authority of the requesting State. Article III. (e) Any expenses incurred by either contracting party in respect of effecting the extradition of a fugitive criminal shall not be chargeable to the requesting State.