Awst 3046
MINU
INDEN
6 AUG 1981
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Your Excellency,
Re: Extradition of Fugitive Criminals from Turks and Caicos Islands to U.S.A.
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All applications for extradition from Turks and Caicos Islands are governed by the U.K./U.S.A. Extradition Treaty 1972 and the Extradition Acts 1870-1935 (U.K.) which are applied to Turks and Caicos Islands by United States of America (Extradition) Order 1976 (in force from 21.1.1977).
In U.K. the responsibility for, carrying requests for extradition into effect is given to the Secretary of State (the Home Secretary) and the police Magistrate In Turks and Caicos Islands their powers and duties are exercisable by the Governor, by virtue of section 17 of the Extradition Act 1870 and Article XV of the Treaty; the latter provides that the Governor may decide the question of extradition himself or by reference to the U.K. Government,
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In normal cases a request, or requisition, for extradition to the U.S.A. would be made to the Governor, supported by the documents and evidence required by Article VII of the treaty.
On receipt of the request, and being satisfied that the crime alleged is an extradition crime, the Governor may icsue a warrant for the arrest of the person whose extradition is requested. Following his arrest, the person' is to be brought before the Governor, who may proceed to hear the case, or may adjourn it and remand the person in custody or on bail (see para6 below).
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When he hears the case, the Governor acts in effect, as an examining magistrate holding a preliminary inquiry, as if the person requested to be extradited were charged with an offence triable on information in the Supreme Court. This, on deciding whether or not to commit the person for extundition, the Governor should apply the test to bo applied by the Magistrate, namely; if the evidence adânced (in supides of the request for extradition) stood alone at the trial, could a reasonable jury,
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