Extradition Act, 1965

Restrictions on endorsement.

44.—(1) A warrant shall not be endorsed for execution under this Part if the Minister or the High Court, on the question being referred to the Court by the Minister, directs in accordance with this section that it shall not be so endorsed.

(2) A direction under this section may be given where the Minister or the Court, as the case may be, is of opinion that the offence to which the warrant relates is—

(a) a political offence or an offence connected with a political offence, or

(b) an offence under military law which is not an offence under ordinary criminal law, or

(c) a revenue offence,

or that there are substantial reasons for believing that the person named or described in the warrant will, if removed from the State under this Part, be prosecuted or detained for a political offence or an offence connected with a political offence or an offence under military law which is not an offence under ordinary criminal law.