Bermuda Consolidated Legislation

 

UNITED KINGDOM STATUTORY INSTRUMENT

SI 1971 No. 2103

THE EXTRADITION (TOKYO CONVENTION) ORDER 1971

[made by Her Majesty-in-Council under the Extradition Act 1870 and the Tokyo Convention Act 1967 and published in Bermuda as SR&O 9/1972 and brought into operation on 21 January 1972]

 

1 This Order may be cited as the Extradition (Tokyo Convention) Order 1971 and shall come into operation on 21st January, 1972.

2 The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the interpretation of this Order as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.

3 The Extradition Acts 1870 to 1935 as amended by section 2 of the Tokyo Convention Act 1967 shall apply in the case of the States mentioned in Schedule 1 to this Order under and in accordance with the extradition treaties described in the second column of that Schedule as supplemented by Article 16.1 of the Tokyo Convention, which entered into force as between those States and the United Kingdom on the dates specified in the third column of that Schedule.

4 The operation of this Order is limited to the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man and the territories mentioned in Sched ule 2 to this Order, being territories to which the application of the Tokyo Convention is extended.

SCHEDULE 1

States with which the United Kingdom has extradition treaties and in re spect of which the Tokyo Convention is in force:—

State Date of Extradition Date of Entry into

        Treaty Force of Convention

 

Argentina 22nd May 1889 21st October 1971

Austria 9th January 1963 8th May 1974

Belgium 29th October 1901 4th November 1970

Bolivia 22nd February 1892 3rd October 1979

Chile 26th January 1897 24th April 1974

Colombia 27th October 1888 4th October 1973

Denmark 31st March 1873 4th December 1969

Ecuador 20th September 1880 3rd March 1970

El Salvador 23rd June 1881 13th May 1980

Finland 29th October 1975 1st July 1971

France 14th August 1876 10th December 1970

Germany, Federal 14th May 1872 16th March 1970

Republic of (reapplied and

amended by the

Agreement of

23rd February 1960)

Greece 24th September 1910 29th August 1971

Guatemala 4th July 1885 15th February 1971

Hungary 3rd December 1873 3rd March 1971

Iceland 31st March 1873 14th June 1970

Iraq 2nd May 1932 13th August 1974

Israel 4th April 1960 18th December 1969

Italy 5th February 1873 4th December 1969

Luxembourg 24th November 1880 20th December 1972

Mexico 7th September 1886 4th December 1969

Netherlands 26th September 1898 12th February 1970

Nicaragua 19th April 1905 22nd November 1973

Norway 26th June 1873 4th December 1969

Panama 25th August 1906 14th February 1971

Paraguay 12th September 1908 7th November 1971

Peru 26th January 1904 10th August 1978

Poland 11th January 1932 17th June 1971

Portugal 17th October 1892 4th December 1969

Romania 21st March 1893 16th May 1974

Spain 22nd July 1985 30th December 1969

Sweden 26th April 1963 4th December 1969

Switzerland 26th November 1880 21st March 1971

Thailand 3rd September 1883 4th June 1972

United States of 8th June 1972 4th December 1969

America

Uruguay 26th March 1884 26th April 1977

Yugoslavia 6th December 1900 13th May 1971

SCHEDULE 2

Territories to which the application of the Tokyo Convention is extended

Bermuda

British Antarctic Territory

British Indian Ocean Territory

British Virgin Islands

Cayman Islands

Falkland Islands and Dependencies

Gibraltar

Hong Kong

Montserrat

Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands

St. Helena and Dependencies

Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia

Turks and Caicos Islands

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This Note is not part of the Order)

This Order applies the Extradition Acts 1870 to 1935, as amended by the Tokyo Convention Act 1967, to offences committed on board aircraft in flight registered in States parties to the Tokyo Convention and with whom the United Kingdom has extradition treaties.

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