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(e.g., in French and Danish cases), by getting the witness to go before the magistrate with the judicial officer and confirm and countersign the officer's statement. This is cumbersome and unnecessary.
(b). Consideration should be given to
admitting (as in the U.S.; Escobedo v. U.S. 623 Fed 2d 1098 [5th Cir 1980]), all hearsay evidence in extradition proceeedings, leaving its weight to be determined by the magistrate. Only in a case where he is satisfied the evidence has no credibility is he likely to reject it; see Lord Diplock in
(c) Adopt the proposals relating to evidence in the Roskill Report (Ch.5, page 79), and extend them to the magistrate in extradition proceedings.
as
(a) give the magistrate a discretion to admit a document sought to be put in by prosecution or defence evidence of its truth without formal proof, so long as there is an indication of its nature and
source.
(b) give him power to order a copy to be admissable to same extent as if the original had been properly proved.
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allow admitted.
experts' reports
to be
Extraterritoriality.
(a) Make specific provision (the position is not clear in 1870 Act), as in s.3(3) of the Fugitive Offenders Act, for extradition for extraterritorial offences where there would