Extradition
(Commonwealth Countries)
No. 102 of 1972
An
Act to amend the Extradition (Commonwealth Countries) Act 1966–1968.
[Assented to 27 October 1972]
BE it
enacted by the Queen’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 (Commonwealth Countries) Act 1972.
(2.) The Extradition
(Commonwealth Countries) Act 1966–1968 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 (Commonwealth Countries) Act 1966–1972.
Commencement.
2.This Act shall come into operation on the day on which
it receives the Royal Assent.
Interpretation.
3.Section 4 of the
Principal Act is amended by inserting after sub-section (3.) the following
sub-section:—
“(4.) On and after the day on which the Convention
for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft (being the Convention
referred to in the Crimes (Hijacking of Aircraft) Act 1972) enters into force for
Australia, an offence against a law of, or of a part of, a declared
Commonwealth country that is bound by that Convention, being an offence
constituted by an act, including an act taking place in Australia, that is of a
kind referred to in item 28a or
item 30 in the First Schedule to this Act and over which the declared
Commonwealth country is required by paragraph 1 of Article 4 of that Convention
to establish its jurisdiction, shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed
to be an extradition crime and to have been committed within the jurisdiction
of the declared Commonwealth country.”.
First
Schedule.
4.The First Schedule to
the Principal Act is amended by inserting after item 28 the following item:—
“28a.The unlawful seizure, or unlawful
exercise of control, of an aircraft, by force or threat of force or by any
other form of intimidation.”.