Extradition (Amendment) Bill

Bill No. 24/1969

Read the first time on 15th October 1969.

An Act to amend the Extradition Act, 1968 (No. 14 of 1968).

Be it enacted by the President with the advice and consent of the Parliament of Singapore, as follows: —

Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the Extradition (Amendment) Act, 1969.

Amendment of section 2

2. Section 2 of the Extradition Act, 1968 (hereinafter in this Act referred to as “the principal Act”) is hereby amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “constituting which” appearing in paragraph (b) of the definition of “extradition crime”, in relation to a declared Commonwealth country, in subsection (1) thereof and substituting therefor the words “constituting the offence or the equivalent act or omission”;

(b)

by deleting the words “the act or omission constituting which” appearing in the definition of “extradition crime”, in relation to a foreign State, in subsection (1) thereof and substituting therefor the words “and the act or omission constituting the offence or the equivalent act or omission”; and

(c)

by inserting immediately after subsection (6) thereof the following subsection: —

“(7) Without prejudice to any powers or jurisdiction conferred upon a District Judge by the Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. 132), a District Judge shall in the exercise of his jurisdiction have all the powers that ate conferred upon and exercised by a Magistrate under this Act; and accordingly every reference to a Magistrate in this Act shall be read as including reference to a District Judge.”.

Amendment of section 11

3. Section 11 of the principal Act is hereby amended by deleting the words “committal for” appearing in sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (b) of subsection (6) thereof.

Amendment of section 21

4. Section 21 of the principal Act is hereby amended —

(a)	by deleting the word “other” appearing in sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subsection (3) thereof and substituting therefor the word “lesser”; and
(b)	by deleting the words “an offence” appearing in sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (b) of subsection (3) thereof and substituting therefor the words “a lesser offence”.

Amendment of section 24

5. Section 24 of the principal Act is hereby amended by deleting the words “committal for” appearing in sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (b) of subsection (6) thereof.

Amendment of section 31

6. Section 31 of the principal Act is hereby amended —

(a)	by deleting the word “other” appearing in sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (a) thereof and substituting therefor the word “lesser”; and
(b)	by deleting the words “an offence” appearing in sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (b) thereof and substituting therefor the words “a lesser offence”.

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