Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Act 1990

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Jurisdiction	UK Non-devolved
Citation	1990 c. 5
Year	1990

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of giving evidence in criminal proceedings there; orof being identified in, or otherwise by his presence assisting, such proceedings or the investigation of an offence.by the prisoner himself; orin circumstances in which it appears to the Secretary of State inappropriate, by reason of the prisoner’s physical or mental condition or his youth, for him to act for himself, by a person appearing to the Secretary of State to be an appropriate person to act on his behalf;the taking of the prisoner to a place in the United Kingdom and his delivery at a place of departure from the United Kingdom into the custody of a person representing the appropriate authority of the country or territory to which the prisoner is to be transferred; andthe bringing of the prisoner back to the United Kingdom and his transfer in custody to the place where he is liable to be detained under the sentence to which he is subject.( 3A(4) Where a warrant has been issued in respect of a prisoner under this section he shall be deemed to be in legal custody at any time when, being in the United Kingdom or on board a British ship, British aircraft or British hovercraft, he is being taken under the warrant to or from any place or being kept in custody under the warrant.of a constable in the part of the United Kingdom in which that person is for the time being; orif he is outside the United Kingdom, of a constable in the part of the United Kingdom to or from which the prisoner is to be taken under the warrant.(6) If the prisoner escapes or is unlawfully at large, he may be arrested without warrant by a constable and taken to any place to which he may be taken under the warrant issued under this section.(7) In subsection (4) above—

“British aircraft” means a British-controlled aircraft within the meaning of section 92 of the Civil Aviation Act 1982 (application of criminal law to aircraft) or one of Her Majesty’s aircraft;
“British hovercraft” means a British-controlled hovercraft within the...

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Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Act 1990
Part I: Criminal Proceedings and Investigations

Mutual service of process

1: Service of overseas process in United Kingdom.
2: Service of United Kingdom process overseas.

Mutual provision of evidence

3: Overseas evidence for use in United Kingdom.
4: United Kingdom evidence for use overseas.
5: Transfer of United Kingdom prisoner to give evidence or assist investigation overseas.
6: Transfer of overseas prisoner to give evidence or assist investigation in the United Kingdom.

Additional co-operation powers

7: Search etc. for material relevant to overseas investigation.
8: Search etc. for material relevant to overseas investigation: Scotland.
9: Enforcement of overseas forfeiture orders.

Supplementary

10: Rules of court.
11: Application to courts-martial etc.

Part II: The Vienna Convention

Substances useful for manufacture of controlled drugs

12: Manufacture and supply of scheduled substances.
13: Regulations about scheduled substances.

Proceeds of drug trafficking

14: Concealing or transferring proceeds of drug trafficking.
15: Interest on sums unpaid under confiscation orders.
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Offences at sea

18: Offences on British ships.
19: Ships used for illicit traffic.
20: Enforcement powers.
21: Jurisdiction and prosecutions.

Supplementary

22: Extradition.
23: Application of ancillary provisions of Misuse of Drugs Act 1971.
23A: Extension of certain offences to Crown servants and exemptions for regulators etc.
24: Interpretation of Part II.

Part III: Drug Trafficking Money Imported or Exported in Cash

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Part IV: General

30: Expenses and receipts.

31: Consequential and other amendments, repeals and revocation.

32: Short title, commencement and extent.

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1 Section 4(6).
United Kingdom Evidence for Use Overseas: Proceedings of Nominated Court

Securing attendance of witnesses
Power to administer oaths
Privilege of witnesses
Transmission of evidence
Supplementary

SCHEDULE 2 Sections 12 and 13.
Substances Useful for Manufacturing Controlled Drugs

TABLE I
TABLE II

SCHEDULE 3 Section 20.
Enforcement Powers in Respect of Ships

Preliminary
Power to stop, board, divert and detain
Power to search and obtain information
Powers in respect of suspected offence
Assistants
Use of reasonable force
Evidence of authority
Protection of officers
Offences

SCHEDULE 4 Section 31(1).
Consequential and other Amendments

The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971
The Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980
The Criminal Justice Act 1982
The Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986
The Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1987
The Criminal Justice Act 1988
The Magistrates’ Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981
The Criminal Justice (Evidence, Etc.)(Northern Ireland) Order 1988

SCHEDULE 5 Section 31(3).
Repeals

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