New Zealand Legislation: Acts

8 Crimes deemed to be included in extradition treaties

• (1) For the purposes of the Extradition Act 1999 and any Order in Council in force under section 15 or section 104 of that Act, each crime described in subsection (1) or subsection (2) of section 3, if not already described in the treaty, is deemed to be an offence described in any extradition treaty concluded before 13 November 1989 and for the time being in force between New Zealand and any country that is a party to the Convention.

  (2) If under subsection (1) a crime is deemed to be an offence described in an extradition treaty, no person may be surrendered for that crime in accordance with the provisions of the Extradition Act 1999 if the alleged act or omission occurred before 13 November 1989.

  (3) For the purposes of this section, country includes any territory for whose international relations the government of a country is responsible and to which the extradition treaty and the Convention extend.

  Section 8 was substituted, as from 1 September 1999, by section 111 Extradition Act 1999 (1999 No 55).