Extradition Act 1965

Military offences.

[Art. 4]

12

12.Extradition shall not be granted for offences under military law which are not offences under ordinary criminal law.

Annotations

Modifications (not altering text):

C5

Application of section restricted (17.01.2000) by Geneva Conventions (Amendment) Act 1998 (35/1998), s. 15, S.I. No. 6 of 2000.

Restriction of application of section 12 of Extradition Act, 1965 (military offences).

15.—The restriction on granting extradition contained in section 12 of the Extradition Act, 1965, does not apply in the case of an offence involving a grave or minor breach of any of the Scheduled Conventions or Protocol I or a minor breach of Protocol II.