Fugitive Offenders (Designated Commonwealth Countries) Order 1967
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1967/1302 |
| Year | 1967 |
1967 No. 1302
FUGITIVE CRIMINAL
The Fugitive Offenders (Designated Commonwealth Countries) Order 196731stAugust 1967
31stAugust 1967
1stSeptember 1967
At the Court at Balmoral, the 31st day of August 1967
Present,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 2(1) of the Fugitive Offenders Act 1967(a), is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—
1. The countries specified in the Schedule hereto are hereby designated for the purposes of section 1 of the Fugitive Offenders Act 1967.
2. This Order may be cited as the Fugitive Offenders (Designated Commonwealth Countries) Order 1967 and shall come into operation on 1st September 1967.
W. G. Agnew.
SCHEDULE
Australia
Barbados
Botswana
Canada
Ceylon
The Republic of Cyprus
The Gambia
Ghana
Guyana
India
Jamaica
Kenya
Lesotho
Malawi
Malaysia
Malta
New Zealand
Nigeria
Pakistan
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Tanzania
Trinidad and Tobago
Uganda
Zambia
(a) 1967 c. 68.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This Note is not part of the Order.)
This Order designates certain Commonwealth countries for the purposes of the Fugitive Offenders Act 1967 which, in providing for the return of offenders from the United Kingdom to other parts of the Commonwealth, distinguishes between designated Commonwealth countries and United Kingdom dependencies. For example, the offences for which a person may be returned under the Act are, in the case of return to a dependency, those punishable by a superior court with twelve months' imprisonment but, in the case of return to a designated country, those described in Schedule 1 (section 3).
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