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CH.91 – 18] CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE FUGITIVE OFFENDERS ACT, 1967 (1967 C. 68 (U.K.)) FUGITIVE OFFENDERS (BAHAMA ISLANDS) ORDER, 1967 (S.I.

1967/1904 (U.K.)) S.I.

54/1969 FUGITIVE OFFENDERS (BAHAMA ISLANDS) (FORMS) ORDER, 1969 (SECTION 13(2)) [Commencement 13th November, 1969] Citation.

Forms.

1.

This Order may be cited as the Fugitive Offenders (Bahama Islands) (Forms) Order, 1969.

2.
2.

The forms contained in the Schedule to this Order or forms to the like effect shall be used for the purposes for which they are applicable.

SCHEDULE FORMS 1 AUTHORITY TO PROCEED (FUGITIVE OFFENDERS ACT, 1967, s.

5.)

To the Chief Magistrate.

A request having been made to the Governor-General by or on behalf of .............................. for the return to that country of A.
B. who is accused [or alleged to be unlawfully at large after conviction] of the offence[s] of ................................

It is hereby ordered that the Chief Magistrate or a Stipendiary and Circuit Magistrate proceed with the case in accordance with the provisions of the Fugitive Offenders Act, 1967.
Dated the ............... day of ................................, 19 ............ Governor-General STATUTE LAW OF THE BAHAMAS [Original Service 2001] CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE [CH.91– 19 2 WARRANT OF ARREST (FUGITIVE OFFENDERS ACT, 1967, s.

6(1)(a).)

To the Commissioner of Police and every peace officer.

I having received from the Governor-General an order to proceed with the case of A.B.
(hereinafter called the defendant) why is accused [or who is alleged to be unlawfully at large after conviction] of the offence[s] of ........................... against the law of ........................... And there being evidence that the offence[s] is/are [a] relevant offence[s] as defined in section 3 of the Fugitive Offenders Act, 1967: And there being in my opinion such evidence as would justify the issue of a warrant for the arrest of a person accused of committing [a] corresponding offence[s] [or alleged to be unlawfully at large after conviction of an offence] in The Bahamas: You are hereby commanded to arrest the defendant forthwith and to bring him/her before the Chief Magistrate or a Stipendiary and Circuit Magistrate.
Dated the .................. day of ................................, 19 ............ X. Y., Chief Magistrate [or Stipendiary and Circuit Magistrate].

3 PROVISIONAL WARRANT OF ARREST (FUGITIVE OFFENDERS ACT, 1967, s.

6(1)(b).)

To the Commissioner of Police and every peace officer.

There being evidence that A.

B.
(hereinafter called the defendant) is accused [or is alleged to be unlawfully at large after conviction] of the offence[s] of against the law ............................. of ..................., and that the offence[s] is/are [a] relevant offence[s] as defined in section 3 of the Fugitive Offenders Act, 1967: And there being in my opinion such evidence as would justify the issue of a warrant for the arrest of a person accused of committing [a] corresponding offence[s] [or alleged to be unlawfully at large after conviction of an offence] in The Bahamas: And there being information that the defendant is or is believed to be in or on his/her way to The Bahamas: –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– STATUTE LAW OF THE BAHAMAS [Original Service 2001] CH.91 – 20] CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE You are hereby commanded to arrest the defendant and to bring him/her before the Chief Magistrate or a Stipendiary and Circuit Magistrate.
Dated the ............... day of ..........................., 19 ........... X. Y., Chief Magistrate [or Stipendiary and Circuit Magistrate] 4 WARRANT OF COMMITMENT (FUGITIVE OFFENDERS ACT, 1967, s.

7(5).)

To the Commissioner of Police, to every peace officer and to the Superintendent, Fox Hill Prison.

A.

B.
(hereinafter called the defendant) having been brought this day before me, the Chief Magistrate [or a Stipendiary and Circuit Magistrate] sitting at .................., pursuant to a warrant for his/her arrest issued under section 6 of the Fugitive Offenders Act, 1967: And an authority to proceed having been issued by the Governor-General under section 5 of that Act in respect of the defendant: And I being satisfied that the following offences[s] [of which the defendant is accused in ................], namely .............................., being [an] offence[s] to which the authority to proceed relates, is/are [a] relevant offence[s] as defined in section 3 of that Act, namely, (here describe the appropriate relevant offence[s] as set out in Schedule 1 to the Fugitive Offenders Act 1967) [and that the evidence given before me would be sufficient to warrant the defendant’s trial for that/ those offence[s] if it/they had been committed in The Bahamas] [or that the defendant has been convicted of the offence[s] and appears to be unlawfully at large]: You, the said Commissioner and peace officers, are hereby commanded to convey the defendant to the said prison and there deliver him/her the said Superintendent, to receive him/her into your custody and keep him/her until he/she is delivered in accordance with a warrant issued by the Governor-General under section 9 of that Act or he/she is otherwise delivered in due course of law.
the Superintendent; and you, to Dated the .................. day of ..................................., 19 ......... X. Y., Chief Magistrate [or Stipendiary and Circuit Magistrate] STATUTE LAW OF THE BAHAMAS [Original Service 2001] CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE [CH.91– 21 5 WARRANT FOR RETURN TO REQUESTING COUNTRY (FUGITIVE OFFENDERS ACT, 1967, s.

9(1).)

To the Superintendent of the Fox Hill Prison, to the Commissioner of Police and to every peace officer.
Whereas a request has been made to the Governor-General by or on behalf of ........................................ for the return to that country of A.

B.
(hereinafter called the prisoner) who is accused [or alleged to be unlawfully at large after conviction] of the offence[s] of...................................................................................... And whereas a Chief Magistrate [or a Stipendiary and Circuit Magistrate], being satisfied that the evidence given before him would be sufficient to warrant the prisoner’s trial for that/those offence[s] [or the offence[s] of .........................] if it/they had been committed in The Bahamas [or that the prisoner had been convicted of that/those offence[s] [or the offence[s] of ..................] and appeared to be unlawfully at large], committed the prisoner to the Fox Hill Prison on the ............... day of ....................., 19 ........, to await his/her return to .................................................................. And whereas the prisoner has not been discharged from custody by order of the Supreme Court: And whereas the return of the prisoner as aforesaid is not otherwise prohibited as mentioned in subsection (1) of section 9 of the Fugitive Offenders Act, 1967: Now Therefore it is hereby ordered that the prisoner be returned to ........................ in respect of the offences) for which he/she was committed to custody by the Chief Magistrate (or Stipendiary and Circuit Magistrate) Dated this ................. day of ................................, 19 ........... Governor-General FUGITIVE OFFENDERS ACT, 1967 (COMMENCEMENT No.
1) ORDER, 1967 S.I.

4/1968 1967 No.

1256 (c. 23) (U.K.) Made ................................. 16th August, 1967 In exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 22 of the Fugitive Offenders Act, 19678, I hereby make the following Order — 1.

Subject to the next following Article, the Fugitive Offenders Act 1967 shall come into force — 8 1967 c. 68.

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