Extradition (Amendment) Act, 1994
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Interpretation. |
1.—(1) In this Act “the Principal Act” means the Extradition Act, 1965 . | |
(2) The amendments effected by this Act apply, except where otherwise provided, in relation to an offence, whether committed or alleged to have been committed before or after the passing of this Act, other than an offence committed or alleged to have been committed before the commencement of sections 2 and 3 of this Act by a person in whose case a court has found that the offence was a political offence or an offence connected with a political offence. | ||
(3) The amendments effected by sections 2 and 3 (a) of this Act and the repeal of section 4 of the Extradition (European Convention on the Suppression of Terrorism) Act, 1987 , by section 16 of and the Second Schedule to this Act shall not have effect— | ||
(a) for the purposes of Part II of the Principal Act in relation to any request for the surrender of a person made before the commencement of sections 2 and 3 of this Act by a country to which that Part applies, | ||
(b) for the purposes of Part III of the Principal Act in relation to any warrant for the arrest of a person issued before such commencement in a place to which that Part applies, or | ||
(c) for the purposes of section 24 of the Extradition Act, 1870, and of section 5 of the Extradition Act, 1873, in relation to the obtaining of evidence in the State for use in criminal proceedings instituted outside the State before such commencement. |