Cap. 353 Art. 28Extradition.

(1) The offences under this Part shall be deemed to have been included as extraditable offences and provided for 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 Part, any aircraft registered in a Convention country shall, at any time while that aircraft is in flight or in

State which is a party to the Beijing Convention, 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 if authorised by articles 6 and 7 of the Extradition Act and, for the purposes of any such order, that Convention shall be equivalent to the designation of a foreign country under the said article 6 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 sub-article (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 sub-article (1).