Clause 12

The relevant offences are deemed to be included in the list of extradition crimes described in the First Schedule to the Extradition Act 1968.(2) Where no extradition treaty is in force between Singapore and a State which is a party to the Convention —

a notification in the Gazette under section 4 of the Extradition Act 1968 may be made applying that Act as if the Convention were an extradition treaty between Singapore and that State; and

the Extradition Act 1968 so applied has effect as if the only extradition crimes within the meaning of that Act were relevant offences.(3) Subsection (2) does not affect any other notification made under section 4 of the Extradition Act 1968.(4) For the purposes of the Extradition Act 1968, any act, wherever committed, which —

is a relevant offence, or would be such an offence but for section 3(2), 5(5), 5A(3), 5B(3), 5C(3), 5D(3) or (4), 6(6) or 7(4); and

is an offence against the law of any State in the case of which the Extradition Act 1968 has been applied by a notification in the Gazette made under section 4 of that Act,is deemed to be an offence within the jurisdiction of that State.(5) For the purposes of the Extradition Act 1968, any relevant offence is deemed not to be an offence of a political character.(6) In this section and section 12 —“relevant offence” means —

an offence under this Act (other than section 9A(2) or 9B(2)); or

an abetment of, or an attempt to commit, an offence under this Act (other than section 9A(2) or 9B(2));“the Convention” means —

the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft signed at The Hague on 16 December 1970;

the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation signed at Montreal on 23 September 1971;

the Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts of Violence at Airports Serving International Civil Aviation signed at Montreal on 24 February 1988;

the Convention on the Suppression of Unlawful Acts relating to International Civil Aviation signed at Beijing on 10 September 2010; or

the Protocol Supplementary to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft signed at Beijing on 10 September 2010.Assistance under Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 200012.—

For the purposes of the provision of assistance under Part 3 of the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 2000 to any State which is a party to the Convention for a criminal matter involving a specified offence of that State, the specified offence is deemed not to be an offence of a political character.(2) In this section —“criminal matter” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 2000;“specified offence”, in relation to a State which is a party to the Convention, means an offence against the law of that State that consists of or includes conduct which, if the conduct occurred in Singapore —

would constitute a relevant offence; or

would be such an offence but for section 3(2), 5(5), 5A(3), 5B(3), 5C(3), 5D(3) or (4), 6(6) or 7(4).”.