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 34C: Provision of life imprisonment for death penalty.
    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).
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