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LAWS OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA Fugitive Offenders ( C A P .

185 1 CHAPTER 185 THE FUGITIVE OFFENDERS ACT Arrangement of Sections Section PRELIMINARY 1.

Short title.

2.

Interpretation.

RETURN O F OFFENDERS T O T H E UNITED KINGDOM, COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES, THE REPUBLIC O F IRELAND AND DEPENDENCIES 3 .

Persons liable to be returned.

4.

Designated Commonwealth countries and United Kingdom dependencies.

5.

Relevant offences.

6.

General restrictions on return.


PROCEEDINGS FOR RETURN Authority to proceed.

Arrest for purposes of committal.

Proceedings for committal.

Application for habeas corpus etc.

Order for return to requesting country.

Discharge in case of delay in returning.

Evidence.

Custody.

Form of warrants and orders.

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185) Fugitive Offenders LAWS OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA TREATMENT OF PERSONS RETURNED FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM, COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES, THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND AND UNITED KINGDOM DEPENDENCIES 16.

Restriction upon proceedings for other offences.

17.

Return of persons not tried or acquitted.

SUPPLEMENTAL 18.

Repeals and transitional provisions.

SCHEDULE.

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185 3 FUGITIVE OFFENDERS PRELIMINARY 1.


This Act may be cited as the Fugitive Offenders short title.

Act.

2.

(1) In this Act the following expressions have the Intevretation.
meanings hereby assigned to them, that is to say- " country" includes any territory; "dealt with" means tried or returned or surrendered to any country or detained with a view to trial or with a view to such return or surrender; "designated Commonwealth country" and "United Kingdom dependency" have the meanings assigned by section 4 of this Act; "Governor" in relation to any country other than Antigua and Barbuda or a country mentioned in subsection ( 2 ) of this section, means the person or persons administering the government of that country; " imprisonment" includes detention of any description; " race" includes tribe; "United Kingdom" includes the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.
(2) In this Act references to the Governor shall be construed- (a) in relation to Brunei as references to the Government of Brunei; 4 C A P .
185) Fugitive Offenders LAWS OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA ( 6 ) in relation to the New Hebrides as references to Her Majesty's High Commissioner for the Western Pacific and to the extent that authority to perform func- tions under any law of that country corresponding with this Act may be assigned by the High Commissioner to the Resident Commissioner for the New Hebrides, to the Resident Commissioner; (c) In relation to Tonga as references to the Premier of Tonga.
(3) For the purposes of this Act a person convicted of an offence in his absence shall be treated as a person accused of that offence.

RETURN O F OFFENDERS T O T H E UNITED KINGDOM, COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES, T H E REPUBLIC O F IRELAND AND DEPENDENCIES Persons liable to be returned.

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Subject to the provisions of this Act, a person found in Antigua and Barbuda who is accused of a relevant offence in any other country being- (a) the United Kingdom; or (6) a Commonwealth country designated for the purposes of this section under section 4(1) of this Act, or the Republic of Ireland; or (c) a United Kingdom dependency as defined by section 4 (2) of this Act, or who is alleged to be unlawfully at large after conviction of such an offence in any such country, may be arrested and returned to that country as provided by this Act.
4.

(1) The Governor-General may by Order designate Designated Commonwealth for the purposes of section 3 of this Act any country for the countries and united Kingdom time being mentioned in section 1 (3) of the British Nationali- dependenc~es.

U.K. 1948 c. 56. ty Act 1948 (countries having separate citizenship) or any other country within the Commonwealth; and any country so designated is in this Act referred to as a designated Com- monwealth country.
(2) In this Act the expression "United Kingdom dependency7 means- LAWS OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA Fugitive Offenders (CAP.
185 (a) any colony (not being a colony for whose ex- ternal relations a country other than the United Kingdom is responsible); and (6) any country outside Her Majesty's dominions (being a country in which Her Majesty has jurisdiction, or over which She extends protection, in right of Her Government in the United Kingdom) to which the Governor-General may by Order apply this subsection, not being in any case a country which is or forms part of a country which is a designated Commonwealth country for the purposes of section 3 of this Act.
(3) The Governor-General may by Order direct that this Act shall have effect in relation to the return of persons to, or in relation to persons returned from the United Kingdom, any designated Commonwealth country, the Republic of Ireland or United Kingdom dependency sub- ject to such exceptions, adaptations or modifications as may be specified in the Order.
(4) For the purposes of any Order under subsection (1) of this section, any territory for the external relations of which a Commonwealth country is responsible may be treated as part of that country or, if the Government of that country so requests, as a separate country.

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(1) For the purposes of this Act an offence of which :;:::: ,a person is accused or has been convicted in the United Kingdom or a designated Commonwealth country or the Republic of Ireland or a United Kingdom dependency is a relevant offence if- (a) in the case of an offence against the law of a designated Commonwealth country or the Republic of Ireland, it is an offence which, however described in that law, falls within any of the descriptions set out in Part I of the Schedule to this Act, and is punishable under that law with imprisonment for a term of twelve months or any greater punishment; (6) in the case of an offence against the law of the United Kingdom or a United Kingdom dependency, it is punishable under that law, on conviction by or 6 CAP.
185) Fugitive Offenders LAWS OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA before a superior court, with imprisonment for a term of twelve months or any greater punishment; and (6) in any case, the act or ommission constituting the offence, or the equivalent act or omission, would constitute an offence against the law of Antigua and Bar- buda if it took place within Antigua and Barbuda, or in the case of an extra-territorial offence, in correspon- ding circumstances outside Antigua and Barbuda.
(2) In determining for the purposes of this section whether an offence against the law of a designated Com- monwealth country or the Republic of Ireland falls within a description set out in Part I of the Schedule to this Act, any special intent or state of mind or special circumstances of aggravation which may be necessary to constitute that offence under the law shall be disregarded.
(3) The description set out in Part I of the Schedule to this Act includes in each case offences of attempting or conspiring to commit, of assisting, counselling or procuring the commission of or being accessory before or after the fact to the offences therein described, and of impeding the ap- prehension or prosecution of persons guilty of those offences.

(4) References in this section to the law of any country include references to the law of any part of that country.

6.
(1) A person shall not be returned under this Act to a designated Commonwealth country or the Republic of Ireland, or committed to or kept in custody for the purposes of such return, if it appears to the Governor-General to the court of committal or to the High Court on an application for habeas corpus- (a) that the offence of which that person is accused or was convicted is an offence of a political character; ( b ) that the request for his return (though purpor- ting to be made on account of a relevant offence) is in fact made for the purpose of prosecuting or punishing him on account of his race, religion, nationality or political opinions; or (c) that he might, if returned, be prejudiced at his trial or punished, detained or restricted in his personal General restrictions on return.
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185 7 liberty by reason of his race, religion nationality or political opinions.

(2) A person accused of an offence shall not be return- ed under this Act to any country, or committed to or kept in custody for the purposes of such return, if it appears as aforesaid that if charged with that offence in Antigua and Barbuda he would be entitled to be discharged under any rule of law relating to previous acquittal or conviction.
(3) A person shall not be returned under this Act to any country, or committed to or kept in custody for the pur- poses of such return, unless the provision is made by the law of that country, or by an arrangement made with that country, for securing that he will not, unless he has first been restored or had an opportunity of returning to Antigua and Barbuda, be dealt with in that country for or in respect of any offence committed before his return under this Act other than- (a) the offence in respect of which his return under this Act is requested; (6) any lesser offence proved by the facts proved before the court of committal; or ( 6 ) any other offence being a relevant offence in respect of which the Governor-General may consent to his being so dealt with.
(4) Any such arrangement as is mentioned in subsec- tion (3) of this section may be an arrangement made for the particular case or an arrangement of a more general nature; and for the purposes of that subsection a certificate issued by or under the authority of the Governor-General confirm- ing the existence of an arrangement with any country and stating its terms shall be conclusive evidence of the matters contained in the certificate.
(5) The reference in this section to an offence of a political character does not include a n offence against the life or person of the Head of the Commonwealth or any related offence described in section 5 (3) of this Act.

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185) Fuxitive Offenders LAWS OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA Authority to proceed.

PROCEEDINGS FOR RETURN 7.
(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act relating to provisional warrants, a person shall not be dealt with thereunder except in pursuance of an order of the Governor- General (in this Act referred to as an authority to proceed), issued in pursuance of a request made to the Governor- General by or on behalf of the Government of the United Kingdom or of the Republic of Ireland or a designated Com- monwealth country, or the Governor of the United Kingdom dependency, in which the person to be returned is accused or was convicted.
(2) There shall be furnished with any request made for the purposes of this section on behalf of any country- (a) in the case of a person accused of an offence, a warrant for his arrest issued in that country; (6) in the case of a person unlawfully at large after conviction of an offence, a certificate of the conviction and sentence in that country, and a statement of the amount if any of that sentence which has been served, together (in each case) with particulars of the person whose return is requested and of the facts upon which and the law under which he is accused or was convicted, and evidence sufficient to justify the issue of a warrant for his arrest under section 8 of this Act.
(3) O n receipt of such a request the Governor-General may issue an authority to proceed unless it appears to him that an order for the return of the person concerned could not lawfully be made, or would not in fact be made, in accordance with the provisions of this Act.

Arrest for purposes of committal.

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(1) A warrant for the arrest of a person accused of a relevant offence, or alleged to be unlawfully at large after conviction of such a n offence may be issued- (a) on the receipt of an authority to proceed, by a District Magistrate in any part of Antigua and Barbuda; (b) without such an authority, by a District Magistrate in any part of Antigua and Barbuda upon LAWS OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA Fugitive Offenders (CAP.
185 9 information that the said person is or is believed to be in or on his way to Antigua and Barbuda, and any warrant issued by virtue of paragraph (6) above is in this Act referred to as a provisional warrant.
(2) A warrant of arrest under this section may be issued upon such evidence as would, in the opinion of the District Magistrate, authorise the issue of a warrant for the arrest of a person accused of committing a corresponding offence, or, as the case may be, of a person alleged to be unlawfully at large after conviction of an offence, within the jurisdic- tion of the District Magistrate.
(3) Where a provisional warrant is issued under this section, the authority by whom it is issued shall forthwith give notice to the Governor-General and transmit to him the information and evidence, or certified copies of the information and evidence, upon which it was issued; and the Governor-General may in any case, and shall if he decides not to issue an authority to proceed in respect of the person to whom the warrant relates, by order cancel the warrant and, if that person has been arrested thereunder, discharge him from custody.
(4) A warrant of arrest issued under this section may be executed in any part of Antigua and Barbuda and may be so executed by any person to whom it is directed or by any member of the Royal Antigua Police Force.
(5) Where a warrant is issued under this section for the arrest of a person accused of an offence of stealing or receiv- ing stolen property or any other offence in respect of property, a District Magistrate in any part of Antigua and Barbuda shall have the like power to issue a warrant to search for the property as if the offence had been committed within the jurisdiction of the District Magistrate.

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(1) A person arrested in pursuance of a warrant Proceedings for under section 8 of this Act shall (unless previously discharged committd.

under subsection (3) of that section) be brought as soon as practicable before a court (in this Act referred to as the court of committal) consisting of a District Magistrate.

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185) Fugitive Offenders LAWS OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA (2) For the purposes of proceedings under this section a court of committal consisting of a District Magistrate shall have the like jurisdiction and powers, as nearly as may be, including power to remand in custody or on bail, as a magistrate's court acting at a preliminary inquiry.
(3) Where the person arrested is in custody by virtue of a provisional warrant and no authority to proceed has been received in respect of him, the court of committal may fix a reasonable period (of which the court shall give notice to the Governor-General) after which he will be discharged from custody unless such an authority has been received.
(4) Where an authority to proceed has been issued in respect of the person arrested and the court of committal is satisfied, after hearing any evidence tendered in support of the request for the return of that person or on behalf of that person, that the offence to which the authority relates is a relevant offence and is further satisfied- (a) where that person is accused of the offence, that the evidence would be sufficient to warrant his trial for that offence if it had been committed within the jurisdic- tion of the court; ( b ) where that person is alleged to be unlawfully at large after conviction of the offence, that he has been so convicted and appears to be so at large, the court shall, unless his committal is prohibited by any other provision of this Act, commit him to custody to await his return thereunder; but if the court is not so satisfied or if the committal of that person is so prohibited, the court shall discharge him from custody.
Application for habeas corpus, etc.

10.

(1) Where a person is committed to custody under section 9 of this Act, the court shall inform him in ordinary language of his right to make an application for habeas corpus and shall forthwith give notice of the committal to the Governor-General.

(2) A person committed to custody under the said sec- tion 9 shall not be returned under this Act- LAWS OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA Fugitive Offenders (CAP.
185 11 ( a ) in any case, until the expiration of the period of fifteen days beginning with the day on which the order for his committal is made; ( b ) if an application for habeas corpus is made in his case, so long as proceedings on that application are pending.
( 3 ) O n any such application the High Court may, without prejudice to any other jurisdiction of the court, order the person committed to be discharged from custody if it appears to the court that- ( a ) by reason of the trivial nature of the offence of which he is accused or was convicted; or ( 6 ) by reason of the passage of time since he is alleged to have committed it or to have become unlaw- fully at large, as the case may be; or (c) because the accusation against him is not made in good faith in the interests of justice, it would, having regard to all the circumstances, be unjust or oppressive to return him.
(4) O n any such application the High Court may receive additional evidence relevant to the exercise of the jurisdic- tion of that Court under section 6 of this Act or under subsec- tion ( 3 ) of this section.
(5) For the purposes of this section proceedings on an application for habeas corpus shall be treated as pending until any appeal in those proceedings to the Court of Appeal is disposed of; and an appeal shall be treated as disposed of at the expiration of the time within which the appeal may be brought or, where leave to appeal is required, within which the application for leave may be made, if the appeal is not brought or the application made within that time.

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(1) Where a person is committed to await his Etz;:';tgT return and is not discharged by order of the High Court, ,,,,try.

the Governor-General may by warrant order him to be returned to the country by which the request for his return was made unless the return of that person is prohibited, or prohibited for the time being, by section 6 of this Act or LAWS OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA CAP.
185) Fugitive Offenders this section, or the Governor-General decides under this sec- tion to make no such order in his case.
(2) An order shall not be made under this section in the case of a person who is serving a sentence of imprison- ment or detention, or is charged with an offence, in Antigua and Barbuda- (a) in the case of a person serving such a sentence, until the sentence has been served; (6) in the case of a person charged with an offence, until the charge is disposed of or withdrawn and, if it results in a sentence of imprisonment (not being a suspended sentence), until the sentence has been served.
(3) The Governor-General shall not make an order under this section in the case of any person if it appears to the Governor-General, on the grounds mentioned in section 10 (3) of this Act, that it would be unjust or oppressive to return that person, and may decide to make no order under this section in the case of a person accused or convicted of an offence in the United Kingdom or a United Kingdom dependency if he considers, on any such grounds as are men- tioned in paragraphs (a) to ( c ) of section 6 (1) of this Act, that the order ought not to be made.
(4) The Governor-General may decide to make no order under this section in the case of a person accused or con- victed of a relevant offence not punishable with death in Antigua and Barbuda if that person could be or has been sentenced to death for that offence in the country by which the request for his return is made.
(5) The Governor-General may decide to make no order under this section for the return of a Derson committed in consequence of a request made on behalf of any country if another request for his return under this Act or a requisi- U.K. 1870 c. 52. tion for his surrender under the Extradition Act 1870, has been made on behalf of another country and it appears to the Governor-General having regard to all the circumstances of the case and in particular- (a) the relative seriousness of the offences in question; LAWS OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA Fugitive Offenders (CAP.
185 13 ( b ) the date on which each such request or requisi- tion was made; and (c) the nationality or citizenship of the person con- cerned and his ordinary residence, that preference should be given to the other request or requisition.

(6) Notice of the issue of a warrant under this section shall forthwith be given to the person to be returned thereunder.

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(1) If any person committed to await his return Discharge in case of delay in is in custody in Antigua and Barbuda under this Act after .,turning.
the expiration of the following period, that is to say- ( a ) in any case, the period of two months beginn- ing with the first day on which, having regard to sec- tion 10 (2) of this Act, he could have been returned; ( 6 ) where a warrant for his return has been issued under section 11 of this Act, the period of one month beginning with the day on which that warrant was issued, he may apply to the High Court for his discharge.
(2) If upon any such application the court is satisfied that reasonable notice of the proposed application has been given to the Governor-General the court may, unless suffi- cient cause is shown to the contrary, by order direct the applicant to be discharged from custody and, if a warrant for his return has been issued under the said section 1 1, quash that warrant.

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( 1 ) I n any proceedings under this Act, including Evidence, proceedings on an application for habeas corpus in respect of a person in custody thereunder- (a) a document duly authenticated, which purports to set out evidence given on oath in the United Kingdom or a designated Commonwealth country or the Republic of Ireland or a United Kingdom dependency shall be admissible as evidence of the matters stated therein; (b) a document, duly authenticated, which purports to have been received in evidence, or to be a copy of LAWS OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA CAP.
185) Fugitive Offenders a document so received, in any proceeding in any such country or dependency shall be admissible in evidence; (c) a document, duly authenticated, which certifies that a person was convicted on a date specified in the document of an offence against the law of, or of a part of, any such country or dependency shall be admissible as evidence of the fact and date of the conviction.
(2) A document shall be deemed to be duly authen- ticated for the purposes of this section- (a) in the case of a document purporting to set out evidence given as aforesaid, if the document purports to be certified by a judge, or magistrate or officer in or of the country or dependency in question to be the original document containing or recording that evidence or a true copy of such a document; ( 6 ) in the case of a document which purports to have been received in evidence as aforesaid or to be a copy of a document so received, if the document pur- ports to be certified as aforesaid to have been, or to be a true copy of a document which has been so received; (c) in the case of a document which certifies that a person was convicted as aforesaid, if the document purports to be certified as aforesaid, and in any such case the document is authenticated either by the oath of a witness or by the official seal of one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State or of a Minister, of the designated Commonwealth country or of the Republic of Ireland or of the Governor or a Minister, Secretary or other officer administering a department of the Government of the dependency, as the case may be.
(3) I n this section "oath" includes affirmation or declaration; and nothing in this section shall prejudice the admission in evidence of any document which is admissible in evidence apart from this section.

Custody.

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(1) Any person remanded or committed to custody under section 9 of this Act shall be committed to the like institution as a person charged with an offence before the court of committal.

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185 15 (2) If any person who is in custody by virtue of a warrant under this Act escapes out of custody, he may be retaken in any part of Antigua and Barbuda in like manner as a person escaping from custody under a warrant for his arrest issued in that part in respect of an offence committed therein.
(3) Where a person, being in custody in any part of Antigua and Barbuda whether under this Act or otherwise, is required to be removed in custody under this Act to another part of Antigua and Barbuda and is so removed by sea or by air, he shall be deemed to continue in legal custody until he reaches the place to which he is required to be removed.
(4) A warrant under section 11 of this Act for the return of any person to any country shall be sufficient authority for all persons to whom it is directed and all members of the Royal Antigua Police Force to receive that person, keep him in custody and convey him into the jurisdiction of that country.

15.

(1) Any warrant or order to be issued or made Form of warrants and orders.
by the Governor-General under any of the foregoing provi- sions of this Act shall be given under the hand of the Governor-General or the Secretary to the Cabinet.

(2) The Governor-General may by Order prescribe the form of any warrant or order to be issued or made under the foregoing provisions of this Act.

TREATMENT O F PERSONS RETURNED FROM T H E UNITED KINGDOM, COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES, T H E REPUBLIC O F IRELAND AND UNITED KINGDOM DEPENDENCIES 16.
(1) This section applies to any person accused Restriction upon proceedings for or convicted of an offence under the law of Antigua and other offences.

Barbuda who is returned to Antigua and Barbuda- ( a ) from the United Kingdom, under the Fugitive Offenders Act 1967; U.K. 1967 C. 68.

( 6 ) from any designated Commonwealth country or from the Republic of Ireland under any law of that country corresponding with this Act; 16 CAP.

185) Fugitive Offenders LAWS OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA U.K. 1967 C. 68.
(c) from any United Kingdom dependency, under the Fugitive Offenders Act 1967 as extended to that dependency or under any other law of that dependency corresponding with this Act.
( 2 ) A person to whom this section applies shall not, dur- ing the period described in subsection ( 3 ) of this section be dealt with in Antigua and Barbuda for or in respect of any offence committed before he was returned to Antigua and Barbuda other than- (a) the offence in respect of which he was returned; ( b ) any lesser offence proved by the facts proved for the purposes of securing his return; or (c) any other offence in respect of which the Government of the country or Governor of the dependency from which he was returned may consent to his being dealt with.
( 3 ) The period referred to in subsection ( 2 ) of this sec- tion in relation to a person to whom this section applies is the period beginning with the day of his arrival in Antigua and Barbuda on his return as mentioned in subsection ( 1 ) of this section and ending forty-five days after the first subse- quent day on which he has the opportunity to leave Antigua and Barbuda.

Return of persons not tried or acquitted.

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( 1 ) This section applies to any person accused of an offence under the law of Antigua and Barbuda who is returned to Antigua and Barbuda as mentioned in section 16 (1) of this Act.
(2) If in the case of a person to whom this section applies, either- ( a ) proceedings against him for the offence for which he was returned are not begun within the period of six months beginning with the day of his arrival in Antigua and Barbuda on being returned; or (b) on his trial for that offence, he is acquitted or discharged under section 2 of the Probation of Offenders Act, Cap.

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185 17 the Governor-General may, if he thinks fit, on the request of that person, arrange for him to be sent back free of charge and with as little delay as possible to the country from which he was returned.

SUPPLEMENTAL 18.

(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, the Repeals and transitional enactments described in Part I1 of the Schedule to this Act provisions.

are hereby- repealed as respects Antigua and Barbuda to the extent specified in the third column of that Part.
(2) The repeals effected by subsection (1) of this sec- tion shall not affect the operation of the Fugitive Offenders 1881 c. 69.
Act 1881 in any case where, before the date on which that subsection comes into force, a warrant endorsed under sec- tion 3 of that Act, or a provisional warrant issued under section 4 of that Act, has been executed in Antigua and Barbuda: Provided that for the purposes of proceedings under that Act- (i) in respect of a fugitive from a designated Commonwealth country or from the Republic of Ireland, section 6(1) of this Act shall apply as if- (a) for the reference to this Act there were substituted a reference to that Act; and (6) for references to the court of committal and the order of committal there were substituted references to the magistrate before whom that person is brought under section 5 of that Act and the order of that magistrate; (ii) in respect of a fugitive from the United Kingdom or a United Kingdom dependency the Governor shall have the same discretion to make no order for return if he considers, on any such grounds as are mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (c) of subsection (1) of sec- tion 6 of this Act that the order ought not to be made, as he would have under section 11 (3) of this Act in proceedings under this Act.
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185) Fugitive Offenders LAWS OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA (3) Without prejudice to subsection (2) of this section, this Act applies to offences committed before as well as after the coming into force of this Act.

SCHEDULE PART I Section 5.

Description of Relevant Offences in Designated Commonwealth Countries or The Republic of Ireland 1.

Murder of any degree.

2.

Manslaughter or culpable homicide.

3.

An offence against the law relating to abortion.

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Maliciously or wilfully wounding or inflicting grievous bodi- ly harm.

5.

Assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

6.

Rape.

7.

Unlawful sexual intercourse with a female.

8.

Indecent assault 9.

Procuring or trafficking in, women or young persons for im- moral purposes.

10.

Bigamy.

11.

Kidnapping, abduction or false imprisonment, or dealing in slaves.

12.

Stealing, abandoning, exposing or unlawfully detaining a child.

13.

Bribery.

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Bribery.

14.

Perjury or subornation of perjury or conspiring to defeat the course of justice.

15.

Arson or fire-raising.

16.

An offence concerning counterfeit currency.

17.

An offence against the law relating to forgery.

18.

Stealing, embezzlement, fraudulent conversion, fraudulent false accounting, obtaining property or credit by false LAWS OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA Fupitiue Offenders (CAP.
185 19 pretences, receiving stolen property o r any other offence i n respect of property involving fraud.

19.

Burglary, housebreaking or any similar offence.

20.

Robbery.

21.

Blackmail o r extortion by means of threats o r by abuse of authority.

22.

A n offence against bankruptcy law or company law.

23.

Malicious or wilful damage to property.

24.

Acts done with the intention of endangering vehicles, vessels o r aircraft.

25.

An offence against the law relating to dangerous drugs or narcotics.
26.

Piracy 27.

Revolt against the authority of the master of a ship or the commander of a n aircraft.

28.

Contravention of import o r export prohibitions relating to precious stones, gold and other precious metals.

29.

Genocide, any attempt or conspiracy to commit genocide and any direct or public incitement to commit genocide.

30.

An offence under the H i jacking Act and any attempt to com- mit such a n offence.
Enactments Repealed as Respects Antigua and Barbuda PART I1 Chapter Short Title Extent of Repeal 1881 c. 69 Act, 1881.

The Fugitive Offenders The whole Act except sec- tion 25.

In section 25 the words from and including "and the provisions of this Act" down to the end of the section.

1890 c. 37 The Foreign Jurisdiction Act, 1890.

In Schedule 1 the entry relating to the Fugitive Offenders Act, 1881.

1915 c. 39 The Fugitive Offenders The whole Act.

(Protected States) Act, 1915.