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Extradition Law. (No. 8 of 1977) - Sect 6

Extraditable offences

6.
(1) For the purposes of this Law, any offence of which a person is accused or has been convicted In any designated Commonwealth country or any treaty State shall be an extraditable offence, if-
(a) in the case of an offence against the law of a treaty State, it is an offence which is provided for in the extradition arrangement;
(b) in the case of an offence against the law of a designated Commonwealth country, it is an offence which, however described in that law, falls within any description set out in the Schedule hereto and is punishable under that law with imprisonment for a term of not less than twelve months; and
(c) in any case, the act or omission constituting the offence, or the equivalent act or omission, would constitute an offence against the law of Sri Lanka if it took place within Sri Lanka, or, outside Sri Lanka.
(2) In determining for the purposes of this section whether an offence against the law of any designated Commonwealth country falls within any description set out in the Schedule hereto, any special intent or state of mind or special circumstances of aggravation which may be necessary to constitute that offence under that. Jaw shall be disregarded.
(3) Each offence described in the Schedule hereto shall be deemed to include the offence of attempting or conspiring to commit, of assisting, counselling or procuring the commission of, or being accessory before or after the act to, such offence, and of impeding the apprehension or prosecution of persons guilty of such offence.
(4) Reference in this section to the law of any designated Commonwealth country or of any treaty State shall be deemed to include reference to the law of any part of such country or State, as the case may be,.


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