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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Extradition Act, 1962 Section 18

Return of Fugitive Criminal by Warrant

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Extradition Act, 1962 Section 18 is part of Extradition Act, 1962 - Return of Fugitive Criminal by Warrant. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

The Central Govern­ment may, at any time after a fugitive criminal has been committed to prison under this chapter issue a warrant for the custody and removal to the1[foreign State] concerned of the fugitive criminal and for his delivery, at a place and to a person to be named in the warrant.

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1. Substituted by Act 66 of 1993, Section 3, for the Words "Commonwealth countries" (w.e.f. 18th December, 1993).

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What does Extradition Act, 1962 Section 18 provide?

Section Section 18 of the Extradition Act, 1962 (Return of Fugitive Criminal by Warrant) is reproduced on this page as part of the Extradition Act, 1962. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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