Extradition (European Convention on the Suppression of Terrorism) Act, 1987

Certain other offences not to be regarded as political offences in certain circumstances.

4.—(1) (a) For the purposes mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b) of section 3 (2), an offence to which this section applies and of which a person is accused or has been convicted outside the State shall not be regarded as a political offence or as an offence connected with a political offence if the court or the Minister, as the case may be, having taken into due consideration any particularly serious aspects of the offence, including—

(i) that it created a collective danger to the life, physical integrity or liberty of persons,

(ii) that it affected persons foreign to the motives behind it, or

(iii) that cruel or vicious means were used in the commission of the offence,

is of opinion that the offence cannot properly be regarded as a political offence or as an offence connected with a political offence.

(b) For the purposes mentioned in section 3 (2)(c), proceedings outside the State in respect of an offence to which this section applies shall not be regarded as a criminal matter of a political character.

(2) (a) This section applies to—

(i) any serious offence (other than an offence to which section 3 applies) of which a person is accused or has been convicted outside the State—

(I) involving an act of violence against the life, physical integrity or liberty of a person, or

(II) involving an act against property if the act created a collective danger for persons,

and

(ii) any offence of attempting to commit any of the foregoing offences.

(b) References in this subsection to an offence include references to participation as an accomplice of a person who commits the offence.