Extradition Act 1968 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 7 · Convention Offences
41. Effect of applying Act to Convention State
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Where a notification mentioned in section 40 is made, any limitation, condition, exception or qualification specified in —
any other notification made under section 4; or
in any Order in Council mentioned in section 3,in relation to that Convention State and to the extent that it prevents the Convention offence from being considered an extradition offence in relation to that Convention State, is to be disregarded in the application of this Act in relation to that Convention State.
In the application of this Act to a Convention State mentioned in section 40(1), a Convention offence —
is deemed to be an offence within the jurisdiction of that Convention State; and
is deemed not to be an offence of a political character where the written law corresponding to the Convention offence in the Fourth Schedule so provides.