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Extradition Act · 2024 Revised Edition · Part · Extradition to Brunei Darussalam
Extradition Act · 2024 Revised Edition · Part · Extradition to Brunei Darussalam
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This section applies if the person surrendered to
Brunei Darussalam —
has not completed a custodial sentence in the surrendering country immediately before being surrendered; or
is a person whom Brunei Darussalam has undertaken to hold in custody and return to the surrendering country.
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That person —
shall, while travelling to and from, and while in,
Brunei Darussalam, be kept in the custody ordered in writing by the
Attorney General;
may only be tried for an offence for which he was surrendered; and
after he has been tried, shall be returned to the surrendering country.
The Attorney General shall order that a person be released from custody if —
he is held in custody only because of an order under subsection (2); and
the surrendering country has notified Brunei Darussalam that it no longer requires him to be returned.
country
“country” includes — (a) a colony, territory or protectorate of a country; (b) a territory for the international relations of which a country is responsible; and (c) a ship or aircraft owned by or registered in a country;
writing
“writing” includes facsimile, electronic mail and any other means of communication which is able to be reproduced in printed form.
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