Cap. 353 Art. 22Provisions as to extradition. Cap. 276. Cap. 276. Cap. 276.

(1) The offences under this Part shall be deemed to have been included as extraditable offences and provided for in all the extradition treaties made by Malta with Convention Countries and which extend to, and are binding on, Malta on the date of commencement of this Act.

(2) For the purposes of the application of the Extradition Act, to offences under this Act, any aircraft registered in a Convention country shall, at any time while that aircraft is in flight, be deemed to be within the jurisdiction of that country, whether or not it is for the time being also within the jurisdiction of any other country.

(3) Where the Extradition Act does not apply in the case of any foreign State which is a party to the Montreal Convention, or to the Montreal Protocol, the Minister may make an order providing for the Extradition Act to apply in the case of that State with like effect and subject to like terms and conditions as authorised by articles 4 and 7 of the Extradition Act and, for the purposes of any such order, that Convention and that Protocol shall be equivalent to the designation of a Commonwealth country under the said article 4 and shall be treated as an arrangement such as is mentioned in the said article 7.

(4) Where the Extradition Act applies to any State by virtue only of an order made under subarticle (3), no application for extradition by that State shall relate to any extradition crimes within the meaning of the Extradition Act except offences deemed to be included in the list of extradition crimes pursuant to subarticle (1).