Extradition (Amendment) Act, 1994

Amendment of section 55 of Principal Act.

14.—Section 55 (evidence in proceedings) of the Principal Act shall be amended by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (3) (inserted by the Extradition (Amendment) Act, 1987 ):

“(3) In any proceedings in the District Court in relation to a warrant issued by a judicial authority in a place in relation to which this Part applies, it shall not be necessary to prove that—

(a) a direction of the Attorney General was, in accordance with sections 44A and 44B, not given or not required to be given under section 44A in relation to the warrant, or

(b) a direction of the Attorney General under section 44A was revoked by him or that the revocation was in accordance with subsection (2) of that section, or

(c) a direction of the Minister was, in accordance with this Part, not given or not required to be given in relation to the warrant or the person named or described in the warrant.”.