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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Extradition Act, 1962

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https://sooperkanoon.com/act/50705

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Extradition Act, 1962 is Central state legislation published on SooperKanoon in full. Use this page to read the bare act and jump to judgments that cite it.

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Act Text

Preamble1 - Extradition Act, 1962
ChapterI - Preliminary
Section1 - Short Title, Extent and Commencement
Section2 - Definitions
Section3 - Application of the Act
ChapterII - Extradition of Fugitive Criminals to Foreign State [Omitted] to Which Chapter Iii Does Not Apply
Section4 - Requisition for Surrender
Section5 - Order for Magisterial Inquiry
Section6 - Issue of Warrant for Arrest
Section7 - Procedure Before Magistrate
Section8 - Surrender of Fugitive Criminal
Section9 - Power of Magistrate to Issue Warrant of Arrest in Certain Cases
Section10 - Receipt in Evidence of Exhibit Depositions and Other Documents and Authentication Thereof
Section11 - Chapter Not to Apply to Commonwealth Countries to Which Chapter Iii Applies
ChapterIII - Return of Fugitive Criminal to Foreign States with Extradition Arrangements
Section12 - Application of Chapter
Section13 - Liability of Fugitive Criminals from Commonwealth Countries, to Be Apprehended and Returned
Section14 - Endorsed and Provisional Warrants
Section15 - Endorsed Warrant for Apprehension of Fugitive Criminal
Section16 - Provisional Warrant for Apprehension of Fugitive Criminal
Section17 - Dealing with Fugitive Criminal when Apprehended
Section18 - Return of Fugitive Criminal by Warrant
ChapterIV - Surrender or Return of Accused or Convicted Persons from Foreign State [Omitted]
Section19 - Mode of Requisition or Form of Warrant for the Surrender or Return to India of Accused or Convicted Person Who is in a Foreign State [Omitted]
Section20 - Conveyance of Accused or Convicted Person Surrendered or Returned
Section21 - Accused or Convicted Person Surrendered or Returned by Foreign State Not to Be Tried for Certain Offences
ChapterV - Miscellanceous
Section22 - Liability of Fugitive Criminals to Be Arrested and Surrendered or Returned
Section23 - Jurisdiction as to Offences Committed at Sea or in Air
Section24 - Discharge of Person Apprehended if Not Surrendered or Returned Within Two Months
Section25 - Release of Persons Arrested on Bail
Section26 - Abetment of Extradition Offences
Section27 - Lawfulness Of, and Retaking on Escape from Custody Under Warrants
Section28 - Property Found on Fugitive Criminal
Section29 - Power of Central Government to Discharge Any Fugitive Criminal
Section30 - Simultaneous Requisitions
Section31 - Restrictions on Surrender
Section32 - Sections 29 and 31 to Apply Without Any Modification Thereof
Section33 - Act Not to Affect Foreigners Act, 1946
Section34 - Extra-territorial Jurisdiction
Section34A - Prosecution on Refusal to Extradition
Section34B - Provisional Arrest
Section34C - Provision of Life Imprisonment for Death Penalty
Section35 - Notified Orders and Notifications to Be Laid Before Parliament
Section36 - Power to Make Rules
Section37 - Repeals and Savings
ScheduleI - Extradition Treaty Between India and Switzerland

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