Act Number: 34

Act Name: The Extradition Act, 1962

Year: 1962

Enactment Date: 1962-09-15

Long Title: 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.

Ministry: Ministry of External Affairs

Department:

Section 18: Return of fugitive criminal by warrant.
    The Central Government may, at any time after a fugitive criminal has been committed to prison under this Chapter, issue a warrant for the custody and removal to the 1[foreign State] concerned of the fugitive criminal and for his delivery at a place and to a person to be named in the warrant.
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 66 of 1993, s. 3, for "commonwealth country" (w.e.f. 18-12-1993).
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