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. ]
Extradition Act, 1962 Section 34C - Bare Act |
| State | Central Government |
| Year | 1962 |
| Section Title | Provision of Life Imprisonment for Death Penalty |
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