Extradition Act 1933 (Cth)

 

EXTRADITION.

No. 35 of 1933.

An Act to amend the Extradition Act 1903.

[Assented to 9th December, 1933.]

BE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—

Short title and citation.

1.—(1.) This Act may be cited as the Extradition Act 1933.

(2.) The Extradition Act 1903 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

(3.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Extradition Act 1903-1933.

Amendment of Preamble.

2. The Preamble to the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from the third paragraph the words and figures “and the Extradition Act 1895” and inserting in their stead the words and figures “,the Extradition Act 1895, the Extradition Act 1906 and the Extradition Act 1932”; and

(b)by omitting from that paragraph the words and figures “Extradition Acts 1870 to 1895” and inserting in their stead the words and figures “Extradition Acts 1870 to 1932”.

 

3.After section one of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:—

Interpretation.

“1a. In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears—

‘the Commonwealth’ includes the Territories of Papua and Norfolk Island.”.

Amendment of sections 3 and 4.

4. Sections three and four of the Principal Act are amended by omitting the words and figures “Extradition Acts 1870 to 1895” and inserting in their stead the words and figures “Extradition Acts 1870 to 1932”.

Powers of magistrates in relation to extradition.

5. Section five of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting the words and figures “Extradition Acts 1870 to 1895” and inserting in their stead the words and figures “Extradition Acts 1870 to 1932”; and

(b