CH.91 – 24] CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE

STATUTE LAW OF THE BAHAMAS [Original Service 2001]

FUGITIVE OFFENDERS (DESIGNATED COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES) ORDER, 1970

(SECTIONS 2 and 20) [Commencement 3rd December, 1970]

1. This Order may be cited as the Fugitive Offenders (Designated Commonwealth Countries) Order, 1970.

2. The Cook Islands (being a territory for the external relations of which New Zealand is responsible) are hereby designated for the purposes of section 1 of the Act as a separate country at the request of the Government of New Zealand, and the Schedule to the Fugitive Offenders (Designated Commonwealth Countries) Order, 1968 is hereby amended accordingly.

3. The territory of Papua and New Guinea, Norfolk Island, Australian Antarctic territory, the territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands, the territory of Christmas Island, the territory of Heard and McDonald Islands and the territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands (being territories for the external relations of which Australia is responsible) shall be treated as part of Australia for the purposes of the Fugitive Offenders (Designated Commonwealth Countries) Order, 1968 (which designates certain Commonwealth countries for the purposes of the Act) and the reference to Australia in the Schedule to that Order shall be construed accordingly.

4. Niue and the Tokelau Islands (being territories for the external relations of which New Zealand is responsible) shall be treated as part of New Zealand for the purposes of the Fugitive Offenders (Designated Commonwealth Countries) Order, 1968, and the reference to New Zealand in the Schedule to that Order shall be construed accordingly.

FUGITIVE OFFENDERS (UNITED KINGDOM DEPENDENCIES) (BAHAMAS) ORDER, 1970

(SECTION 2) [Commencement 2nd April, 1970]

1. This Order may be cited as the Fugitive Offenders (United Kingdom Dependencies) Bahamas Order, 1970.

S.I. 56/1970

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Cook Islands designated as separate country.

S.I. 73/1668.

Certain territories to be treated as part of Australia.

S.I. 73/1668.

Certain territories to be treated as part of New Zealand.

S.I. 26/1970

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