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KIR-2003-L-84061
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Title_of_text
Extradition Act, 2003 (No. 7 of 2003).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Kiribati
Subjects (Classification)
Criminal and penal law
Adopted on (Date of text)
2003-12-19
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
This Act is based on a Model Extradition Law developed to assist in providing a uniform approach to extradition among Pacific Island countries. The principles on which the Model Law was based were endorsed at the 1995 Pre-Forum Officials Committee meeting, and the Model Law was tabled at the 1999 Pacific Island Law Officers Meeting in Madang. Kiribati was present at both meetings.
This Act has a number of purposes:
(a) to modernise the extradition law of Kiribati in line with developments in global extradition practice;
(b) to reflect developments in the Commonwealth London Scheme for the Rendition of Fugitive Offenders and the United Nations General Assembly adoption of the United Nations Model treaty on Extradition;
(c) to facilitate the surrender by Kiribati of persons wanted in another country to stand trial for, or serve a sentence imposed for, an offence committed in that country;
(d) to facilitate the making of requests to other countries for the surrender of persons wanted in Kiribati to stand trial for, or serve a sentence imposed for, an offence committed in Kiribati.
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Act on-line
Author
PacLII
Publisher
University of the South Pacific
URL
http://www.paclii.org/ki/legis/num_act/ea2003149/
File
KIR84061.pdf (PDF)