Preamble, Extradition Act, 1870, it is amongst other things enacted that

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.