Section 34C
Provision of life imprisonment for death penalty.
About this Act
An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the extradition of fugitive criminals and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
1[34C. Provision of life imprisonment for death penalty.--Notwithstanding anything contained
in any other law for the time being in force, where a fugitive criminal, who has committed an
extradition offence punishable with death in India, is surrendered or returned by a foreign State on the
request of the Central Government and the laws of that foreign State do not provide for a death
penalty for such an offence, such fugitive criminal shall be liable for punishment of imprisonment for
life only for that offence.]
Notes
1. Subs. by s. 17, ibid., for section 34 (w.e.f. 18-12-1993).