Extradition
(Foreign States)
No. 103 of 1972
An
Act to amend the Extradition (Foreign States) 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 (Foreign States) Act 1972.
(2.) The Extradition
(Foreign States) 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 (Foreign States) 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 (4.) the following sub-section:—
“(5.) 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 foreign state 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 32a or item 33 in the First Schedule to
this Act and over which the foreign state 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 foreign state.”.
Act
may be applied in relation to foreign state by regulation.
4.Section 10 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting
from sub-section (3.) the words “in relation to which this Act applies”.
First
Schedule.
5.The First Schedule to the Principal Act is amended by
inserting after item 32 the following item:—
“32a
The unlawful seizure, or unlawful exercise of control, of an aircraft, by force
or threat of force or by any other form of intimidation.”.