Section 9
Provisions as to extradition.
About this Act
An Act to give effect to the International Maritime Organisation Convention for Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation and the Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf and for matters connected therewith.
(1) The offences under section 3shall be deemed to have been
included as extraditable offences and provided for in all the extradition treaties made by India with
Convention States or Protocol States and which extend to, and are binding on, India on the date of
commencement of this Act.
(2) For the purposes of the application of the Extradition Act, 1962(34 of 1962) to offences under this Act, any ship registered in a Convention State or Protocol State shall, at any time while that ship is plying, be deemed to be within the jurisdiction of that Convention State or Protocol State, whether or not it is for the time being also within the jurisdiction of any other country.
(2) For the purposes of the application of the Extradition Act, 1962(34 of 1962) to offences under this Act, any ship registered in a Convention State or Protocol State shall, at any time while that ship is plying, be deemed to be within the jurisdiction of that Convention State or Protocol State, whether or not it is for the time being also within the jurisdiction of any other country.