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'Taking of Hostages Act 1982 (c.28).

74A. The following subsections shall be substituted for

subsections (3) to (5) of section 3 of the Taking of Hostages

Act 1982 (extradition)-

"(3) Where-

(a) no such arrangement as is mentioned in section 2 of

the Extradition Act 1870 has been made with a

State which is a party to the Convention; and

(b) general extradition arrangements have not been made

with that State under Part I of the Criminal

Justice Act 1988,

Her Majesty may by Order in Council direct that Part I of the

Criminal Justice Act 1988 shall apply as between the United

Kingdom and that State, subject to the limitations,

restrictions, exceptions and qualifications, if any, contained

in the Order, as if the Convention constituted general

extradition arrangements made with that State under Part I of

that Act, but only in respect of offences under this Act and

attempts to commit such offences.

(4) An Order in Council under subsection (3) above may not

exclude section 6 (8) (a) of the Criminal Justice Act 1988.

(5) For the purposes of the Extradition Act 1870 any act,

wherever committed which-

(a) is an offence under this Act or an attempt to

commit such an offence, and

(b) is an offence against the law of any State in the

case of which that Act has been applied by an

Order in Council under section 2 of that Act,

29 March 1988

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