Section 2, Extradition Act, 1870, it is amongst other things enacted that

All powers vested in, and acts authorised or required tobe done by, a Police Magistrate or any Justice of the Peace in relation to the surrender of Fugitive Criminals in the United Kingdom, under the Extradition Acts, 1870 and 1873, are hereby vested in, and may in the Colony be exercised and done by any Magistrate in relation to the surrender of fugitive criminals under the said Acts.