Extradition Act, 1962
Bare Act · 1962
An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the extradition of fugitive criminals 1 [and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.].
- Act number
- 34 of 1962
- Enacted
- 15 September 1962
- Contents
- 40 sections · 6 chapters
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Contents
Chapter I — Preliminary
- Section 1 – Short title, extent and commencement
- Section 2 – Definitions
- Section 3 – Application of Act
Chapter II — Extradition Of Fugitive Criminals To Foreign State To Which Chapter Iii Does Not Apply
- Section 4 – Requisition for surrender
- Section 5 – Order for magisterial inquiry
- Section 6 – Issue of warrant for arrest (preview)
- Section 7 – Procedure before magistrate (preview)
- Section 8 – Surrender of fugitive criminal (preview)
- Section 9 – Power of magistrate to issue warrant of arrest in certain cases (preview)
- Section 10 – Receipt in evidence of exhibits, depositions and other documents and authentication thereof (preview)
- Section 11 – Chapter not to apply to commonwealth countries to which Chapter III applies (preview)
Chapter III — Return Of Fugitive Criminals To Foreign States With Extradition Arrangements
- Section 12 – Application of Chapter (preview)
- Section 13 – Liability of fugitive criminals from foreign States to be apprehended and returned (preview)
- Section 14 – Endorsed and provisional warrants (preview)
- Section 15 – Endorsed warrant for apprehension of fugitive criminal (preview)
- Section 16 – Provisional warrant for apprehension of fugitive criminal (preview)
- Section 17 – Dealing with fugitive criminal when apprehended (preview)
- Section 18 – Return of fugitive criminal by warrant (preview)
Chapter IV — Surrender Or Return Of Accused Or Convicted Persons From Foreign States
- Section 19 – Mode of requisition or form of warrant for the surrender or return to India of accused or convicted person who is in a foreign State or Commonwealth country (preview)
- Section 20 – Conveyance of accused or convicted person surrendered or returned (preview)
- Section 21 – Accused or convicted person surrendered or returned by foreign State not to be tried for certain offence (preview)
Chapter V — Miscellaneous
- Section 22 – Liability of fugitive criminals to be arrested and surrendered or returned (preview)
- Section 23 – Jurisdiction as to offences committed at sea or in air (preview)
- Section 24 – Discharge of person apprehended if not surrendered or returned within two months (preview)
- Section 25 – Release of persons arrested on bail (preview)
- Section 26 – Abetment of extradition offences (preview)
- Section 27 – Lawfulness of, and retaking on escape from, custody under warrants (preview)
- Section 28 – Property found on fugitive criminal (preview)
- Section 29 – Power of Central Government to discharge any fugitive criminal (preview)
- Section 30 – Simultaneous requisitions (preview)
- Section 31 – Restrictions on surrender (preview)
- Section 33 – Act not to affect the Foreigners Act, 1946 (preview)
- Section 34 – Extra territorial jurisdiction (preview)
- Section 34A – Prosecution on refusal to extradition (preview)
- Section 34B – Provisional arrest (preview)
- Section 34C – Provision of life imprisonment for death penalty (preview)
- Section 35 – Notified orders and notifications to be laid before Parliament (preview)
- Section 36 – Power to make rules (preview)
- Section 37 – Repeals and savings (preview)