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Extradition (Amendment) Act 2017

REPUBLIC OF VANUATU

EXTRADITION (AMENDMENT)
ACT NO. 25 OF 2017

Arrangement of Sections

REPUBLIC OF VANUATU

Assent: 02/01/2018
Commencement: 05/01/2018

EXTRADITION (AMENDMENT)
ACT NO. 25 OF 2017

An Act to amend the Extradition Act [287].

Be it enacted by the President and Parliament as follows-

1. Amendment

The Extradition Act [CAP 287] is amended as set out in the Schedule.

2. Commencement

This Act commences on the day on which it is published in the Gazette.

SCHEDULE

AMENDMENTS OF EXTRADITION ACT [CAP 287]

1. Whole of the Act

Delete “Attorney General” (wherever occurring), substitute “Public Prosecutor”

2. Paragraph 9(1)(a)

After “request”, insert “as soon as practicable”

3. Paragraph 60(4)(a)

After “Vanuatu”, insert “or from another country”