Extradition Act 1968 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Extradition from Singapore
7. Liability of fugitive to be surrendered
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Where this Part applies in relation to a foreign State or declared Commonwealth territory, every fugitive from that State or territory is liable to be apprehended and surrendered to that State or territory, subject to —
foreign State
“foreign State” means —(a)any foreign State; or(b)any of the territories specified in the Third Schedule,between which and Singapore an extradition treaty is in force;
this Part;
any limitations, conditions, exceptions or qualifications to which the application of this Part in relation to that State or territory is subject; and
in the case of a declared Commonwealth territory, Part 5.
Every fugitive mentioned in subsection (1) is liable under that subsection whether the offence to which the request for the surrender of the fugitive relates is alleged to have been committed, or was committed, before, on or after 1 August 1968 or before, on or after the date —
fugitive
“fugitive” means a person who is accused of an extradition crime that is alleged to have been committed, or convicted of an extradition crime that was committed at a place within the jurisdiction of a foreign State or a declared Commonwealth country or of a part of such State or country and is, or is suspected to be, in Singapore;
in the case of a foreign State — when this Part commenced to apply in relation to that State; and
in the case of a declared Commonwealth territory —
when that territory became a declared Commonwealth territory; or (ii)if the territory was a declared Commonwealth country under section 19(1) as in force immediately before the date of commencement of section 7 of the Extradition (Amendment) Act 2022 — when that country became a declared Commonwealth country.