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Section 5: Where this Ordinance applies in the case of any foreign

Status not yet checked* The Extradition Act, 1870, and the Acts amending the same apply to the Colony., Sierra Leone

State, every fugitive criminal of that State who is in or suspected of being in any part of the Protectorate shall be liable to be apprehended and surrendered in manner provided by this Ordinance whether the crime in respect of which the surrender is sought was committed before or after the coming into operation of this Ordinance, and whether there is or is not any concurrent jurisdiction in any Court of Her Majesty's dominions or of the Protectorate over that crime. Order of 6. (I) A requisition for the surrender of a fugitive criminal of Governor for issue of any foreign State, who is in, or suspected of being in, the warrant in Protectorate, shall be made to the Governor by some person Protectorate . d b h G a· I t" t . fif crime is not recogmse y t e overnor as a 1p oma lC represen atiVe o of a political that foreign State. The Governor may, by order under his ;harac~r. hand, signify to a Magistrate that such requisition has been orm · made, and require him to issue his warrant for the apprehension of the fugitive criminal. Governor may refuse order. Issue of warrant by Magistrate, etc. Form 2. Form 3. (2} If the Governor is of opinion that the offence is one of a political character, he may, if he think fit, refuse to send any such order, and may also at any time order a fugitive criminal accused or convicted of such offence to be discharged from custody.

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