Preamble
Extradition [Cap. 88
CHAPTER 88.
EXTRADITION.
WHEREAS by the Act of the Imperial Parliament known as the
Extradition Act, 1870, it is amongst other things enacted that
the said Act, when applied by Order in Council, shall, unless
it is otherwise provided by such Order, extend to every British
possession, but with the following among other modifications,
namely-
No warrant of a Secretary of State shall be required, and
all powers vested in, or Acts authorised or required to be
done under the said Act by the Police Magistrates and the
Secretary of State, or either of them, in relation to the
surrender of a fugitive criminal, may be done by the Governor
of the British possession alone;
And any prison in the British possession may be substituted
for a prison in Middlesex:
AND WHEREAS by the said Act it is also enacted that-
If by any law or Ordinance made before or after the passing
of the said Act, by the legislature of any British possession,
provision is made for carrying into effect, within such possession, the surrender of fugitive criminals who are in, or suspected of being in, such British possession, Her Majesty may,
by the Order in Council applying the said Act in the case of
any foreign state, or by any subsequent Order either--
6 of 1878.
32 of 1908.
Preamble.
33 and 34
Viet., c. 52.
36 and 37
Viet., c. 60.
Short title.
Powers of
Magistrate in
relation to
extradition
under the
Imperial
Acts.
Suspending
clause.
Cap. 88] Extradition
suspend the operation, within any such British possession,
of the said Act, or of any part thereof, so far as it relates
to such foreign state, and so long as such law or Ordinance
continues in force there, and no longer; or
direct that such law or Ordinance, or any part thereof,
shall have effect in such British possession, with or without
modifications and alterations, as if it were part of the said
Act:
AND WHEREAS by another Act of the Imperial Parliament
known as the Extradition Act, 1873, it is enacted that the said
Act shall be construed as one with the Extradition Act, 1870,
and that the said two Acts may be cited together as the Extradition Acts, 1870 and 1873:
AND WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the more convenient administration within the Colony of Sierra Leone of the
Extradition Acts, 1870 and 1873, by conferring on Magistrates
the like powers and authorities in relation to the surrender of
fugitive criminals as are by the said Acts vested in Police
Magistrates and Justices of the Peace in the United Kingdom.