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 29: Power of Central Government to discharge any fugitive criminal.
    If it appears to the Central Government that by reason of the trivial nature of the case or by reason of the application for the surrender or return of a fugitive criminal not being made in good faith or in the interests of justice or for political reasons or otherwise, it is unjust or inexpedient to surrender or return the fugitive criminal, it may, by order, at any time stay any proceedings under this Act and direct any warrant issued or endorsed under this Act to be cancelled and the person for whose arrest the warrant has been issued or endorsed to be discharged.
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