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                                              <b>
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                                              EXTRADITION ACT, 1960 (ACT 22).</span></b></p>
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                                              As amended by</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              EXTRADITION ACT, 1960 (AMENDMENT) 
                                              DECREE, 1966 (NLCD 65)1</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
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                                              ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS</span></p>
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                                              Section</span></p>
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                                              PART I—EXTRADITION GENERALLY</span></p>
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                                              Preliminary</span></p>
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                                              1.&nbsp; Application of Part I.</span></p>
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                                              2.&nbsp; Restrictions on surrender of 
                                              fugitive criminals.</span></p>
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                                              Continuance of Existing Provisions</span></p>
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                                              3. Application to Commonwealth and 
                                              other countries.</span></p>
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                                              4. Discontinuance.</span></p>
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                                              Surrender of Criminals</span></p>
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                                              5. Liability of criminal to 
                                              surrender.</span></p>
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                                              6.&nbsp; Liability of accessories to be 
                                              surrendered.</span></p>
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                                              7. &nbsp;Order of Minister for issue of 
                                              warrant in Ghana if crime not of a 
                                              political character.</span></p>
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                                              8.&nbsp; Issue of warrant by District 
                                              Magistrate.</span></p>
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                                              &nbsp;9.&nbsp; Hearing of case and evidence 
                                              of political character of crime.</span></p>
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                                              10.&nbsp; Committal or discharge of 
                                              prisoner.</span></p>
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                                              11. Surrender of fugitive by 
                                              warrant of Minister.</span></p>
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                                              12. Discharge of persons 
                                              apprehended if not conveyed out of 
                                              Ghana within two months.</span></p>
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                                              13. Execution of warrant of 
                                              District Magistrate.</span></p>
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                                              13A. Seizure and handing over of 
                                              property</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Crimes Committed at Sea</span></p>
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                                              14. Jurisdiction as to crimes 
                                              committed at sea.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              General</span></p>
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                                              15.&nbsp; Criminal surrendered by 
                                              another country not triable for 
                                              previous crimes etc. </span></p>
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                                              PART II—RECIPROCAL BACKING OF 
                                              WARRANTS</span></p>
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                                              16. Application of Part II.</span></p>
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                                              17. Backing of warrant issued in 
                                              another country.</span></p>
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                                              18. Return of prisoner apprehended 
                                              under backed warrant.</span></p>
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                                              19.&nbsp; Provisional warrant.</span></p>
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                                              20. Discharge of prisoner not 
                                              returned within one month.</span></p>
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                                              21. Refusal to return prisoner 
                                              where offence too trivial.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              22.&nbsp; Procedure.</span></p>
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                                              23. Exclusion of political 
                                              offences.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              PART III—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS</span></p>
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                                              Proof of Warrants, Depositions, 
                                              Etc.</span></p>
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                                              24. Depositions to be evidence.</span></p>
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                                              25. Authorisation of depositions 
                                              and warrants.</span></p>
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                                              26. Power of country to obtain 
                                              evidence in Ghana.</span></p>
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                                              27. Power of taking evidence in 
                                              Ghana for foreign criminal 
                                              matters.</span></p>
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                                              28. Repeals.</span></p>
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                                              29. Extradition crimes.</span></p>
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                                              30. Definitions.</span></p>
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                                              31. Commencement.</span></p>
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                                              SCHEDULES</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              First Schedule—List of Crimes</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Second Schedule—Repeals</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              THE TWENTY-SECOND</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              ACT</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              OF THE PARLIAMENT OF THE REPUBLIC 
                                              OF GHANA ENTITLED</span></p>
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                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              THE EXTRADITION ACT, 1960</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              AN ACT to consolidate and amend 
                                              the law relating to extradition of 
                                              persons accused or convicted of 
                                              crimes committed within the 
                                              jurisdiction of other countries.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              DATE OF ASSENT: 15th December, 
                                              1960</span></p>
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                                              BE IT ENACTED by the President and 
                                              the National Assembly in this 
                                              present Parliament assembled as 
                                              follows:—</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              PART I—EXTRADITION GENERALLY</span></p>
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                                              <i>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Preliminary</span></i></p>
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                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 1—Application of Part I.</span></b></p>
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                                              (1) Where an arrangement has been 
                                              made with any country with respect 
                                              to the surrender to that country 
                                              of any fugitive criminals, the 
                                              President by legislative 
                                              instrument may order that this Act 
                                              shall apply in the case of that 
                                              country, subject to such 
                                              conditions, exceptions, and 
                                              qualifications as may be specified 
                                              in the order, and this Part shall 
                                              apply accordingly.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) An order under subsection (1) 
                                              shall recite or embody the terms 
                                              of the arrangement, and shall not 
                                              remain in force for any longer 
                                              period than the arrangement.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) Every order under this section 
                                              shall be laid before the National 
                                              Assembly.</span></p>
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                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 2—Restrictions on 
                                              Surrender of Fugitive Criminals.</span></b></p>
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                                              (1) The restrictions contained in 
                                              the following provisions of this 
                                              section shall be observed with 
                                              respect to the surrender of 
                                              fugitive criminals.</span></p>
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                                              (2) A fugitive criminal shall not 
                                              be surrendered if the offence in 
                                              respect of which his surrender is 
                                              requested is one of a political 
                                              character, or if it appears to the 
                                              Court or the National Liberation 
                                              Council that the requisition for 
                                              his surrender has in fact been 
                                              made with a view to try or punish 
                                              him for an offence of a political 
                                              character.</span></p>
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                                              (3) A fugitive criminal shall not 
                                              be surrendered to any country 
                                              unless provision is made by the 
                                              law of that country or by 
                                              arrangement:—</span></p>
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                                              (a) that the person claimed shall 
                                              not be proceeded against, 
                                              sentenced or detained with a view 
                                              to the carrying out of a sentence 
                                              or detention order, or otherwise 
                                              restricted in his personal 
                                              freedom, for any offence committed 
                                              prior to his surrender other than 
                                              that for which his surrender is 
                                              requested except in the following 
                                              cases—</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">(i)&nbsp; 
                                              with the consent of the Government 
                                              of Ghana; or</span></p>
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                                              (ii)&nbsp; where that person having had 
                                              an opportunity to leave the 
                                              territory of that country, has not 
                                              done so within thirty days of his 
                                              final discharge in respect of the 
                                              offence for which he was 
                                              surrendered or has returned to the 
                                              territory of that country after 
                                              leaving it; and</span></p>
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                                              (b) that where the description of 
                                              the offence&nbsp; charged in the 
                                              country requesting the surrender 
                                              of the fugitive criminal is 
                                              altered in the course of 
                                              proceedings, he shall only be 
                                              proceeded against or sentenced in 
                                              so far as the offence under its 
                                              new description is shown by its 
                                              constituent elements to be an 
                                              offence which would allow his 
                                              being surrendered to that country 
                                              by Ghana under this part of this 
                                              Act.</span></p>
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                                              (4) A fugitive criminal who has 
                                              been accused of some offence 
                                              within the jurisdiction of Ghana, 
                                              not being the offence for which 
                                              his surrender is requested, or is 
                                              undergoing sentence under any 
                                              conviction in Ghana shall not be 
                                              surrendered until after he has 
                                              been discharged, whether by 
                                              acquittal or on expiration of his 
                                              sentence or otherwise.</span></p>
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                                              (5) A fugitive criminal shall not 
                                              be surrendered until the 
                                              expiration of fifteen days from 
                                              the date of his being committed to 
                                              prison to await his surrender.</span></p>
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                                              (6) Notwithstanding anything in 
                                              subsection (2) of this section, 
                                              the fact that the law of any 
                                              country requesting the surrender 
                                              of a fugitive criminal permits the 
                                              taking of measures necessary to 
                                              remove the person from its 
                                              territory or any measures 
                                              necessary under its law, including 
                                              proceedings by default, to prevent 
                                              any legal effects of lapse of time 
                                              shall not of itself prevent the 
                                              surrender of that person.[As 
                                              substituted by the Extradition 
                                              Act, 1960 (Amendment) Decree 1966 
                                              (NLCD 65), s.1]</span></p>
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                                              <i>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Continuance of Existing 
                                              Provisions.</span></i></p>
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                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 3—Application to 
                                              Commonwealth and Other Countries.</span></b></p>
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                                              (1) A country to which Part I of 
                                              the Fugitive Offenders Act, 1881 
                                              (which provided for the return of 
                                              fugitive offenders from 
                                              Commonwealth countries) applied 
                                              immediately before the 
                                              commencement of this Act, shall be 
                                              a country to which this Part 
                                              applies.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) A country with which an 
                                              arrangement, in force immediately 
                                              before the commencement of this 
                                              Act, was made under the 
                                              Extradition Acts, 1870 to 1932, 
                                              shall be a country to which this 
                                              Part applies.</span></p>
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                                              (3) The President may by 
                                              legislative instrument declare, as 
                                              respects any country, that it is a 
                                              country to which, by virtue of 
                                              subsection (1), this Part applies 
                                              or that an arrangement to which 
                                              subsection (2) applies and which 
                                              is recited or embodied in the 
                                              declaration is in force and the 
                                              declaration shall be conclusive as 
                                              to the matters to which it 
                                              relates.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) The purpose of a declaration 
                                              under subsection (3) is to 
                                              facilitate the ascertainment of 
                                              the matters to which it relates 
                                              and the fact that a declaration 
                                              has not been made as respects any 
                                              country shall not affect the 
                                              question whether, by virtue of 
                                              subsection (1) or (2), this Part 
                                              applies to that country.</span></p>
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                                              <b>
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                                              Section 4—Discontinuance.</span></b></p>
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                                              If it appears to the President 
                                              that the law of a country to which 
                                              section 3 (1) of this Act applies 
                                              no longer contains reciprocal 
                                              provisions or that an arrangement 
                                              with any country referred to in 
                                              section 3 (2) is no longer in 
                                              force, the President by 
                                              legislative instrument may 
                                              discontinue the application of 
                                              this Part to that country.</span></p>
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                                              <i>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Surrender of Criminals.</span></i></p>
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                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 5—Liability of Criminal to 
                                              Surrender.</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Where this Part applies in the 
                                              case of any country, every 
                                              fugitive criminal of that country 
                                              who is in or suspected of being in 
                                              Ghana shall be liable to be 
                                              apprehended and surrendered in 
                                              manner provided by this Part, 
                                              whether the crime in respect of 
                                              which the surrender is sought was 
                                              committed before or after the 
                                              commencement of this Act or the 
                                              application of this Part to that 
                                              country, and whether there is or 
                                              is not any concurrent jurisdiction 
                                              in a Court of Ghana over that 
                                              crime. </span></p>
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                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 6—Liability of Accessories 
                                              to be Surrendered.</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Every person who is accused or 
                                              convicted of having counselled, 
                                              procured, commanded, aided, or 
                                              abetted the commission of any 
                                              extradition crime, or of being 
                                              accessory before or after the fact 
                                              to any extradition crime, shall be 
                                              deemed for the purposes of this 
                                              Part to be accused or convicted of 
                                              having committed that crime, and 
                                              shall be liable to be apprehended 
                                              and surrendered accordingly.</span></p>
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                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 7—Order of Minister for 
                                              Issue of Warrant if Crime not of a 
                                              Political Character.</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) A requisition for the 
                                              surrender of a fugitive criminal 
                                              of any country, who is in or 
                                              suspected of being in Ghana, shall 
                                              be made to the Minister by a 
                                              diplomatic representative or 
                                              consular officer of that country. 
                                              The Minister may by order signify 
                                              to a District Magistrate that a 
                                              requisition has been made, and 
                                              require him to issue his warrant 
                                              for the apprehension of the 
                                              fugitive criminal.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) If the Minister is of opinion 
                                              that the offence is one of a 
                                              political character, he may refuse 
                                              to make an order, and may also at 
                                              any time order a fugitive criminal 
                                              accused or convicted of the 
                                              offence to be discharged from 
                                              custody.</span></p>
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                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 8—Issue of Warrant by 
                                              District Magistrate.</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) A warrant for the apprehension 
                                              of a fugitive criminal, whether 
                                              accused or convicted of crime, who 
                                              is in or suspected of being in 
                                              Ghana, may be issued by a District 
                                              Magistrate—</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) on the receipt of the order of 
                                              the Minister, and on such evidence 
                                              as would in his opinion justify 
                                              the issue of the warrant if the 
                                              crime had been committed or the 
                                              criminal convicted in Ghana, or</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) on such information or 
                                              complaint and such evidence or 
                                              after such proceedings as would in 
                                              the opinion of the Magistrate 
                                              issuing the warrant justify the 
                                              issue of a warrant if the crime 
                                              had been committed or the criminal 
                                              convicted in the district in which 
                                              he exercises jurisdiction.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) A Magistrate issuing a warrant 
                                              under this section without an 
                                              order from the Minister shall 
                                              forthwith send a report of the 
                                              fact of the issue, together with 
                                              the evidence and information or 
                                              complaint, or certified copies 
                                              thereof, to the Minister, who may 
                                              order the warrant to be cancelled, 
                                              and the person who has been 
                                              apprehended on the warrant to be 
                                              discharged.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) A fugitive criminal, when 
                                              apprehended on a warrant under 
                                              this section, shall be brought 
                                              before a District Magistrate 
                                              within the next twenty-four hours.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) A fugitive criminal 
                                              apprehended on a warrant issued 
                                              without the order of the Minister 
                                              shall be discharged by the 
                                              District Magistrate, unless the 
                                              District Magistrate, within such 
                                              reasonable time as, with reference 
                                              to the circumstances of the case, 
                                              he may fix, receives from the 
                                              Minister an order signifying that 
                                              a requisition has been made for 
                                              the surrender of the criminal.</span></p>
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                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 9—Hearing of Case and 
                                              Evidence of Political Character of 
                                              Crime.</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) When a fugitive criminal is 
                                              brought before the District 
                                              Magistrate, the Magistrate shall 
                                              hear the case in the same manner, 
                                              and have the same jurisdiction and 
                                              powers, as nearly as may be, as he 
                                              has in the exercise of criminal 
                                              jurisdiction. </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The Magistrate shall receive 
                                              any evidence which may be tendered 
                                              to show that the crime of which 
                                              the prisoner is accused or alleged 
                                              to have been convicted is an 
                                              offence of a political character 
                                              or is not an extradition crime.
                                              </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 10—Committal or Discharge 
                                              of Prisoner.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) In the case of a fugitive 
                                              criminal accused of an extradition 
                                              crime, if the foreign warrant 
                                              authorising the arrest of the 
                                              criminal is duly authenticated, 
                                              and such evidence is produced as 
                                              (subject to the provisions of this 
                                              Act) would, according to the law 
                                              of Ghana, justify the committal 
                                              for trial of the prisoner if the 
                                              crime of which he is accused had 
                                              been committed in Ghana the 
                                              District Magistrate shall commit 
                                              him to prison.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) In the case of a fugitive 
                                              criminal alleged to have been 
                                              convicted of an extradition crime, 
                                              if such evidence is produced as 
                                              (subject to the provisions of this 
                                              Act) would, according to the law 
                                              of Ghana, prove that the prisoner 
                                              was convicted of the crime, the 
                                              District Magistrate shall commit 
                                              him to prison.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) The order of the District 
                                              Magistrate under subsection (1) or 
                                              (2) shall be to commit the 
                                              fugitive criminal to prison to 
                                              await the warrant of the Minister 
                                              for his surrender, and the 
                                              Magistrate shall forthwith send to 
                                              the Minister a certificate of the 
                                              committal, and such report upon 
                                              the case as he may think fit.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) When the fugitive criminal is 
                                              committed to prison to await his 
                                              surrender, the committing 
                                              Magistrate, if of opinion that it 
                                              will be dangerous to the life or 
                                              prejudicial to the health of the 
                                              prisoner to remove him to prison, 
                                              may order him to be held in 
                                              custody at the place in which he 
                                              for the time being is, or any 
                                              other place named in the order to 
                                              which the Magistrate thinks he can 
                                              be removed without danger to his 
                                              life or prejudice to his health, 
                                              and while so held he shall be 
                                              deemed to be in legal custody, and 
                                              this Act shall apply to him as if 
                                              he were in the prison to which he 
                                              was committed. </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (5) Where the District Magistrate 
                                              is not satisfied with the evidence 
                                              mentioned in subsection (1) or 
                                              (2), he shall order the prisoner 
                                              to be discharged.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 11—Surrender of Fugitive 
                                              by Warrant of Minister.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) If the District Magistrate 
                                              commits a fugitive criminal to 
                                              prison, he shall inform the 
                                              criminal that he will not be 
                                              surrendered until after the 
                                              expiration of fifteen days, and 
                                              that he has a right to apply for 
                                              an order of habeas corpus.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Upon the expiration of fifteen 
                                              days, or, if an order of habeas 
                                              corpus is issued, after the 
                                              decision of the Court upon the 
                                              return to the order, as the case 
                                              may be, or after such further 
                                              period as may be allowed in either 
                                              case by the Minister, the Minister 
                                              may by warrant order the fugitive 
                                              criminal (if not delivered on the 
                                              decision of the Court) to be 
                                              surrendered to such person as is 
                                              in his opinion duly authorised to 
                                              receive the fugitive criminal by 
                                              the country from which the 
                                              requisition for the surrender 
                                              proceeded, and the fugitive 
                                              criminal shall be surrendered 
                                              accordingly.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) A person to whom the warrant 
                                              is directed, and the person so 
                                              authorised, may receive, hold in 
                                              custody and convey into the 
                                              jurisdiction of that country the 
                                              criminal mentioned in the warrant; 
                                              and if the criminal escapes out of 
                                              any custody to which he may be 
                                              delivered on or in pursuance of 
                                              the warrant, he may be retaken in 
                                              the same manner as any person 
                                              accused of any crime against the 
                                              laws of Ghana may be retaken upon 
                                              an escape.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 12—Discharge of Persons 
                                              Apprehended if not Conveyed Out of 
                                              Ghana Within Two Months.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              If the fugitive criminal who has 
                                              been committed to prison is not 
                                              surrendered and conveyed out of 
                                              Ghana within two months after the 
                                              committal, or, if an order of 
                                              habeas corpus is issued, after the 
                                              decision of the Court upon the 
                                              return to the order, any Judge of 
                                              the High Court may, upon 
                                              application made to him by or on 
                                              behalf of the criminal, and upon 
                                              proof that reasonable notice of 
                                              the intention to make the 
                                              application has been given to the 
                                              Minister, order the criminal to be 
                                              discharged out of custody, unless 
                                              sufficient cause is shown to the 
                                              contrary. </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 13—Execution of Warrant of 
                                              District Magistrate.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The warrant of the District 
                                              Magistrate issued in pursuance of 
                                              this Part may be executed in any 
                                              part of Ghana in the same manner 
                                              as if it had been originally 
                                              issued or subsequently endorsed by 
                                              a District Magistrate having 
                                              jurisdiction in the place where it 
                                              is executed.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 13A—Seizure and Handing 
                                              Over of Property.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Any police officer executing a 
                                              warrant under section 8 of this 
                                              Act may seize and retain any 
                                              property—</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) which appears to him to be 
                                              reasonably required as evidence 
                                              for the purpose of proving the 
                                              offence alleged, or</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) which appears to him to have 
                                              been acquired as a result of the 
                                              alleged offence and&nbsp; which—</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 72.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">(i) 
                                              is found at the time of arrest in 
                                              the possession of the person 
                                              arrested under the warrant, or
                                              </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 72.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (ii) is discovered subsequently.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Subject to the provisions of 
                                              this section, any property seized 
                                              under subsection (1) of this 
                                              section shall, if a warrant is 
                                              issued by the National Liberation 
                                              Council under section 11 of this 
                                              Act for the surrender of the 
                                              person claimed, be handed over to 
                                              any person who appears to the 
                                              National Liberation Council to be 
                                              duly authorised by the country by 
                                              whom the surrender is requested to 
                                              receive it as soon as may be after 
                                              the issue of the warrant and the 
                                              said property shall be so handed 
                                              over notwithstanding that the 
                                              surrender in question cannot be 
                                              carried out by reason of the death 
                                              or escape of the person claimed.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) Any property so seized may, if 
                                              any criminal proceedings to which 
                                              the property relates are pending 
                                              in Ghana, be retained in Ghana in 
                                              accordance with law until the 
                                              conclusion of the said proceedings 
                                              or may, if the National Liberation 
                                              Council so directs, be handed over 
                                              on condition that the country 
                                              requesting the surrender shall 
                                              return the property.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) Nothing in this section shall 
                                              prejudice or derogate from any 
                                              rights that may lawfully have been 
                                              acquired by the Republic or any 
                                              person in Ghana in any property to 
                                              be handed over under this section 
                                              and where any such rights exist 
                                              the property shall not be handed 
                                              over except upon condition that 
                                              the requesting country shall 
                                              return it as soon as may be after 
                                              the trial of the person 
                                              surrendered and without charge to 
                                              the Republic or person having such 
                                              rights.[As inserted by the 
                                              Extradition Act, 1960 (Amendment) 
                                              Decree, 1966 (NLCD 65), s.2]</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <i>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Crimes Committed at Sea</span></i></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 14—Jurisdiction as to 
                                              Crimes Committed at Sea.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Where the crime in respect of 
                                              which the surrender of a fugitive 
                                              criminal is sought was committed 
                                              on board any vessel on the high 
                                              seas which comes into any port of 
                                              Ghana,—</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) the criminal may be committed 
                                              to any prison to which the person 
                                              committing him has power to commit 
                                              persons accused of the like crime;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) if the fugitive criminal is 
                                              apprehended on a warrant issued 
                                              without the order of the Minister 
                                              he shall be brought within the 
                                              next twenty-four hours before the 
                                              District Magistrate who issued the 
                                              warrant or who has jurisdiction in 
                                              the port where the vessel lies, or 
                                              in the place nearest to that port.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <i>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              General</span></i></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 15—Criminal Surrendered by 
                                              Another Country not Triable for 
                                              Previous Crimes, Etc.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) This section applies to a 
                                              person who has been surrendered to 
                                              Ghana by another country upon a 
                                              request made by Ghana to that 
                                              country to surrender that person 
                                              for prosecution or punishment for 
                                              an offence.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) No person so surrendered shall 
                                              be proceeded against, sentenced or 
                                              imprisoned or otherwise restricted 
                                              in his personal freedom for any 
                                              offence committed prior to his 
                                              surrender other than that for 
                                              which he was surrendered, except 
                                              in the following cases—</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) with the consent of the 
                                              Government of the country 
                                              surrendering him; or</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) where that person having had 
                                              an opportunity to leave Ghana has 
                                              not done so within thirty days of 
                                              his final discharge in respect of 
                                              the offence for which he was 
                                              surrendered or has returned to 
                                              Ghana after leaving it.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) Where the description of the 
                                              offence is altered in the course 
                                              of proceedings, the person 
                                              surrendered shall only be 
                                              proceeded against or sentenced in 
                                              so far as the offence under its 
                                              new description is shown by its 
                                              constituent elements to be an 
                                              offence for which he would be 
                                              liable to be surrendered to 
                                              Ghana.[As substituted by the 
                                              Extradition Act, 1960 (Amendment) 
                                              Decree, 1966 (NLCD 65), s.3]</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              PART II—RECIPROCAL BACKING OF 
                                              WARRANTS</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 16—Application of Part II.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              This Part shall apply to any 
                                              country in respect of which the 
                                              President, having regard to 
                                              reciprocal provisions under the 
                                              law of that country, by 
                                              legislative instrument so orders 
                                              and subject to such conditions, 
                                              exceptions and qualifications as 
                                              may be specified in the order.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 17—Backing of Warrant 
                                              Issued in Another Country.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Where in a country to which 
                                              this Part applies a warrant has 
                                              been issued for the apprehension 
                                              of a person accused of an offence 
                                              punishable by law in that country 
                                              and he is or is suspected of being 
                                              in or on the way to Ghana, a 
                                              District Magistrate, if satisfied 
                                              that the warrant was issued by a 
                                              person having lawful authority to 
                                              issue it, may, subject to sections 
                                              22 and 23 of this Act, endorse the 
                                              warrant in accordance with 
                                              subsection (3), and the warrant so 
                                              endorsed shall be a sufficient 
                                              authority to apprehend, within the 
                                              jurisdiction of the endorsing 
                                              Magistrate, the person named in 
                                              the warrant, and bring him before 
                                              the endorsing Magistrate or some 
                                              other District Magistrate.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) This Part applies whatever the 
                                              date of the warrant and whether 
                                              the offence is alleged to have 
                                              been committed before or after the 
                                              commencement of this Act or the 
                                              application of this Part to that 
                                              country.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) An endorsement of a warrant 
                                              shall be signed by the District 
                                              Magistrate and shall authorise all 
                                              or any of the persons named in the 
                                              endorsement, and of the persons to 
                                              whom the warrant was originally 
                                              directed, and every police 
                                              officer, to execute the warrant by 
                                              apprehending the person named in 
                                              it and bringing him before that 
                                              Magistrate or any other District 
                                              Magistrate.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 18—Return of Prisoner 
                                              Apprehended Under Backed Warrant.
                                              </span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The District Magistrate before 
                                              whom a person so apprehended is 
                                              brought, if he is satisfied that 
                                              the warrant is duly authenticated 
                                              as directed by this Act and was 
                                              issued by a person having lawful 
                                              authority to issue it, and is 
                                              satisfied on oath that the 
                                              prisoner is the person named or 
                                              otherwise described in the 
                                              warrant, may, subject to section 
                                              23 of this Act, order the prisoner 
                                              to be returned to the country in 
                                              which the warrant was issued, and 
                                              for that purpose to be delivered 
                                              into the custody of the persons to 
                                              whom the warrant is directed, or 
                                              any one or more of them, and to be 
                                              held in custody and conveyed into 
                                              that country.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) A person to whom the warrant 
                                              is directed, and the person so 
                                              authorised, may receive, hold in 
                                              custody and convey into the 
                                              jurisdiction of that country the 
                                              prisoner mentioned in the warrant; 
                                              and if he escapes out of any 
                                              custody to which he may be 
                                              delivered on or in pursuance of 
                                              the warrant, he may be retaken in 
                                              the same manner as any person 
                                              accused of any crime against the 
                                              laws of Ghana may be retaken upon 
                                              an escape.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) A District Magistrate shall, 
                                              so far as is requisite for the 
                                              exercise of the powers of this 
                                              section, have the same power, 
                                              including the power to remand and 
                                              admit to bail a prisoner, as he 
                                              has in the case of a person 
                                              apprehended under a warrant issued 
                                              by him. </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 19—Provisional Warrant.
                                              </span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) A District Magistrate, before 
                                              the endorsement in pursuance of 
                                              this Part of a warrant for the 
                                              apprehension of any person, may 
                                              issue a provisional warrant for 
                                              his apprehension, on such 
                                              information and under such 
                                              circumstances as would in his 
                                              opinion justify the issue of a 
                                              warrant if the offence of which 
                                              that person is accused were an 
                                              offence punishable by the law of 
                                              Ghana, and had been committed 
                                              within his jurisdiction, and the 
                                              warrant may be backed and executed 
                                              accordingly.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) A person arrested under a 
                                              provisional warrant shall be 
                                              discharged unless the original 
                                              warrant is produced and endorsed 
                                              within such time as the District 
                                              Magistrate thinks reasonable in 
                                              the circumstances.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 20—Discharge of Prisoner 
                                              not Returned Within One Month.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) If a prisoner whose return is 
                                              authorised in pursuance of this 
                                              Part is not conveyed out of Ghana 
                                              within one month after the date of 
                                              the warrant ordering his return, a 
                                              District Magistrate, upon 
                                              application by or on behalf of the 
                                              prisoner, and upon proof that 
                                              reasonable notice of the intention 
                                              to make the application has been 
                                              given to the person holding the 
                                              warrant and to the Commissioner of 
                                              Police or chief officer of the 
                                              police of the Region or town where 
                                              the prisoner is in custody, may, 
                                              unless sufficient cause is shown 
                                              to the contrary, order the 
                                              prisoner to be discharged out of 
                                              custody.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Any order or refusal to make 
                                              an order of discharge under this 
                                              section shall be subject to 
                                              appeal. </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 21—Refusal to Return 
                                              Prisoner Where Offence too 
                                              Trivial.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Where the return of a prisoner 
                                              is sought or ordered under this 
                                              Part, and it appears to a District 
                                              Magistrate that by reason of the 
                                              trivial nature of the case, or by 
                                              reason of the application for the 
                                              return of the prisoner not being 
                                              made in good faith in the 
                                              interests of justice or otherwise, 
                                              it would, having regard to the 
                                              distance, to the facilities of 
                                              communication, and to all the 
                                              circumstances of the case, be 
                                              unjust or oppressive, or too 
                                              severe a punishment, to return the 
                                              prisoner either at all or until 
                                              the expiration of a certain 
                                              period, the Magistrate may 
                                              discharge the prisoner either 
                                              absolutely or on bail, or order 
                                              that he shall not be returned 
                                              until after the expiration of the 
                                              period named in the order, or may 
                                              make such other order in the 
                                              matter as the Magistrate thinks 
                                              proper.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Any order or refusal to make 
                                              an order of discharge under this 
                                              section shall be subject to 
                                              appeal.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 22—Procedure. </span></b>
                                              </p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">A 
                                              requisition for the endorsement of 
                                              a warrant under this Part shall be 
                                              made in the first instance by a 
                                              diplomatic representative, 
                                              consular officer or other 
                                              appropriate authority of the 
                                              country concerned to the Minister 
                                              who may transmit it to a District 
                                              Magistrate to proceed in 
                                              accordance with this Part. </span>
                                              </p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 23—Exclusion of Political 
                                              Offences.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The Minister shall not transmit a 
                                              requisition under section 22 of 
                                              this Act and a warrant shall not 
                                              be endorsed under this Part for 
                                              the apprehension of any person if 
                                              the offence is one of a political 
                                              character or it appears to the 
                                              Minister or a Court that the 
                                              requisition has in fact been made 
                                              with a view to try or punish him 
                                              for an offence of a political 
                                              character.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              PART III—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <i>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Proof of Warrants, Depositions, 
                                              Etc.</span></i></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 24—Depositions to be 
                                              Evidence. </span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Depositions or statements on oath 
                                              or affirmations taken in the 
                                              country concerned and copies of 
                                              the original depositions or 
                                              statements or affirmations and 
                                              foreign certificates of or 
                                              judicial documents stating the 
                                              fact of conviction, may, if duly 
                                              authenticated, be received in 
                                              evidence in proceedings under this 
                                              Act.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 25—Authorisation of 
                                              Depositions and Warrants.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Warrants and depositions or 
                                              statements on oath or affirmations 
                                              and copies thereof, and 
                                              certificates of or judicial 
                                              documents stating the fact of a 
                                              conviction, shall be deemed duly 
                                              authenticated for the purposes of 
                                              this Act if authenticated in 
                                              manner provided for the time being 
                                              by law or—</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) if the warrant purports to be 
                                              signed by a Judge, Magistrate, or 
                                              officer of the country where it 
                                              was issued;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) if the depositions or 
                                              statements or affirmations or the 
                                              copies thereof purport to be 
                                              certified under the hand of a 
                                              Judge, Magistrate, or officer of 
                                              the country where they were taken 
                                              to be the original depositions or 
                                              statements, or to be true copies 
                                              thereof, as the case may require; 
                                              and</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) if the certificate of our 
                                              judicial document stating the fact 
                                              of conviction purports to be 
                                              certified by a Judge, Magistrate, 
                                              or officer of the country where 
                                              the conviction took place; and
                                              </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              if in every case the warrants, 
                                              depositions, statements, 
                                              affirmations, copies, certificates 
                                              and judicial documents (as the 
                                              case may be) are authenticated by 
                                              the oath of some witness or by 
                                              being sealed with the official 
                                              seal of the Minister of Justice or 
                                              some other Minister of state: and 
                                              all Courts and Magistrates shall 
                                              take judicial notice of the 
                                              official seal, and shall admit the 
                                              documents so authenticated by it 
                                              to be received in evidence without 
                                              further proof.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <i>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Taking of Evidence for Foreign 
                                              Trials.</span></i></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 26—Power of Country to 
                                              Obtain Evidence in Ghana.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The testimony of any witness 
                                              may be obtained in relation to any 
                                              criminal matter pending in any 
                                              Court or tribunal in another 
                                              country in like manner as it may 
                                              be obtained in relation to any 
                                              civil matter under any rules of 
                                              court or any enactment for the 
                                              time being in force for the taking 
                                              of evidence in Ghana in relation 
                                              to civil and commercial matters 
                                              pending before foreign tribunals.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Nothing in this section shall 
                                              apply in the case of any criminal 
                                              matter of a political character.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 27—Power of Taking 
                                              Evidence in Ghana for Foreign 
                                              Criminal Matters.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The Minister may by order 
                                              require a District Magistrate to 
                                              take evidence for the purposes of 
                                              any criminal matter pending in any 
                                              Court or tribunal in any other 
                                              country; and the Magistrate, upon 
                                              the receipt of the order, shall 
                                              take down in writing the evidence 
                                              of every witness appearing before 
                                              him for the purpose and shall 
                                              certify at the foot of the 
                                              deposition so taken that the 
                                              evidence was taken before him, and 
                                              shall transmit it to the Minister.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The evidence may be taken in 
                                              the presence or absence of the 
                                              person charged, if any, and the 
                                              fact of the presence or absence 
                                              shall be stated in the deposition.
                                              </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) Any person may, after payment 
                                              or tender to him of a reasonable 
                                              sum for his costs and expenses in 
                                              this behalf, be compelled, for the 
                                              purposes of this section, to 
                                              attend and give evidence and 
                                              answer questions and produce 
                                              documents in like manner and 
                                              subject to the like conditions as 
                                              he may in the case of a trial for 
                                              an offence.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <i>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Supplementary</span></i></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 28—Repeals. </span></b>
                                              </p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The enactments referred to in the 
                                              Second Schedule to this Act are 
                                              hereby repealed.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 29—Extradition Crimes.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) In this Act, &quot;extradition 
                                              crime&quot; means a crime which, if 
                                              committed within the jurisdiction 
                                              of Ghana, would be an indictable 
                                              offence described in the First 
                                              Schedule to this Act. </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The President may by 
                                              legislative instrument amend the 
                                              said Schedule by the insertion of 
                                              further offences, the deletion of 
                                              any offence or the alteration of 
                                              the description of any offence.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 30—Definitions. </span>
                                              </p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              In this Act, except where the 
                                              contrary intention appears—</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;conviction and convicted&quot; do not 
                                              include or refer to a conviction 
                                              which under foreign law is a 
                                              conviction for contumacy, that is, 
                                              a judgment given in default of 
                                              appearance, the accused having the 
                                              right to have it set aside and the 
                                              case re-tried in his presence, but 
                                              the term &quot;accused person&quot; includes 
                                              a person, so convicted for 
                                              contumacy;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;detention order'' in relation to 
                                              a country other than Ghana, means 
                                              any order involving deprivation of 
                                              liberty which has been made by a 
                                              criminal court in that country in 
                                              addition to or instead of a prison 
                                              sentence.[As Inserted by the 
                                              Extradition Act, 1960 (Amendment) 
                                              Decree, 1966 (NLCD 65), s.4]</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;fugitive criminal&quot; means any 
                                              person accused or convicted of an 
                                              extradition crime committed within 
                                              the jurisdiction of any other 
                                              country who is in or is suspected 
                                              of being in Ghana; </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;the Minister&quot; means the Minister 
                                              to whom functions under this Act 
                                              are for the time being assigned by 
                                              the President; </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;warrant&quot; in the case of any 
                                              country, includes any judicial 
                                              document authorising the arrest of 
                                              a person accused or convicted of 
                                              crime.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 31—Commencement.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              This Act shall come into operation 
                                              on such day as the President by 
                                              legislative instrument may order.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              SCHEDULES</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              FIRST SCHEDULE—EXTRADITION CRIMES</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 15, 29.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <i>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Criminal Homicide and Similar 
                                              Offences.</span></i></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              An offence under sections 46, 48, 
                                              49 or 50 of the Criminal Code.
                                              </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Abduction, Rape and Similar 
                                              Offences.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              An offence under sections 89, 91, 
                                              93, 97, 101 to 108, or 273 to 275 
                                              of the Criminal Code, or an 
                                              attempt to commit any such 
                                              offence.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Misappropriations, Fraud and 
                                              Similar Offences.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              An offence under Chapter 1 of Part 
                                              III of the Criminal Code.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Forgery and Similar Offences.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              An offence under section 158, 159 
                                              or 169 of the Criminal Code</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Damage to Property and Similar 
                                              Offences.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              An offence under Chapter 3 of Part 
                                              III of the Criminal Code.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Piracy and Similar Offences.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              An offence under section 193 of 
                                              the Criminal Code.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Perjury and Similar Offences.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              An offence under section 210 or 
                                              213 of the Criminal Code.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Slave Dealings.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              An offence under section 314 of 
                                              the Criminal Code.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Dangerous Drugs.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              An offence under the Drugs 
                                              Ordinance (Cap. 73).</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Falsification of Currency and 
                                              Similar Offences.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              An offence under the Currency Act, 
                                              1960 (Act 17).</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              SECOND SCHEDULE—REPEALS</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <i>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              United Kingdom Statutes</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial">.
                                              </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Extradition Act, 1870. (33 and 34 
                                              Vict. c. 52)</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Extradition Act, 1873. (36 and 37 
                                              Vict. c. 60)</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Fugitive Offenders Act, 1881. (44 
                                              and 45 Vict. c. 69)</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Extradition Act, 1906. (6 Ed. 7, 
                                              c. 15)</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Extradition Act, 1932. (22 and 23 
                                              Geo. 5. c. 39)</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <i>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Statutes of Ghana</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial">.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Extradition (Southern Ghana) 
                                              Ordinance (Cap. 12)</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Extradition Act, 1959 (No. 56).</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
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