TONGA

EXTRADITION (AMENDMENT) ACT 1999
No. 10 of 1999

I assent,

TAUFA'AHAU TUPOU IV,
11th August, 1999.

AN ACT
TO AMEND THE EXTRADITION ACT

[1st July, 1999].

BE IT ENACTED by the King and Legislative Assembly of Tonga in the Legislature of the Kingdom as follows:

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Extradition (Amendment) Act 1999.

(2) The Extradition Act (Cap. 22), as amended, is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

2. Section 9 (4) of the Principal Act is repealed and substituted therefor the following subsection:

"4. Where an authority to proceed has been issued in respect of the person arrested and the court of committal is satisfied, after hearing any evidence tendered in support of the request for the return of that person or on behalf of that person, that the offence to which the authority relates is a relevant offence and is further satisfied either-

(a) where the person is accused of the offence-

(i) that the evidence would be sufficient to warrant that person's trial for that offence if it had been committed within the jurisdiction of the court; or

(ii) that a record of the case has been submitted in terms of the proviso to subsection (2) of section 7; or

(b) where the person is alleged to be unlawfully at large after conviction of the offence, that he has been so convicted and appears to be so at large;

the court shall, unless his committal is prohibited by any other provision of this Act, commit him to custody to await his return thereunder; but if the court is not so satisfied or if the committal of that person is so prohibited, the court shall discharge him from custody."

Passed in the Legislative Assembly this 1st day of July, 1999.

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TONGA

Fika 10 'o e 1999.

'Oku ou loto ki ai,

TAUFA 'AHAU TUPOU IV,
11 'o 'Aokosi, 1999.

KO E LAO
KE FAKATONUTONU 'A E LAO KI HE FAKAFOKI FAKAPULE'ANGA
'A E KAU FAIHIA

[1 'o Siulai, 1999].

'OKU TU'UTU'UNI 'e he Tu'i mo e Fale Alea 'o Tonga 'i he Fakataha Alea 'a e Pule'anga 'o pehe:

1. (1) 'E ui 'a e Lao ni ko e Lao (Fakatonutonu) ki he Lao ki he Fakafoki Fakapule'anga 'o e kau Faihia 1999.

(2) Ko e Lao ki he Fakafoki Fakapule'anga 'o e Kau Faihia (Vahe 22), 'i hono fakatonutonu, 'oku ui is 'i he Lao ni ko e Tefito 'i Lao.

2. 'Oku fakapekia 'a e Kupu 9(4) 'o e Tefito'i Lao pea fetongi 'aki 'a e kupusi'i ko 'eni:

"4. 'I ha fakahu atu ha mafai ke fai ha ngaue fakalao felave'i mo ha taha kuo puke pea kuo fakafiemalie ki he fakamaau'anga kuo fakahu atu ki ai, hili e fanongo ki ha fakamo 'oni kuo 'omai 'o poupou'i 'a e kole ke fakafoki e taha ko is pe koe'uhi ko e taha ko ia, ko e hia ko is 'oku kau ki ai 'a e mafai ko ha hia fe'unga pea 'oku ne fiemalie foci-

(a) kapau 'oku tukuaki'i 'a e tokotaha 'aki 'a e hia-

(i) 'e fe'unga pe 'a e fakamo'oni ko is ke ai ha hopo 'a e tokotaha 'i he hia ko is kapau na'e fai is 'i loto 'i he mafai fakalao 'o e fakamaau 'anga; pe

(ii) kuo fakahu atu ha lekooti 'o e hopo 'o fakatatau ki he polovaisoa ki he kupusi'i (2) 'o e kupu 7; pe

(b) kapau ko e taha ko is 'oku pehe 'oku ne 'i tua'a ta'e fakalao hili hano tautea'i faka-fakamaau'anga 'i he hia ko ia, kuo 'osi tautea'i faka-fakamaau'anga pea 'oku ha 'oku ne 'i tua'a;

kuo pan ke hanga 'e he fakamaau 'anga, tuku kehe 'o ka kuo tapui ke fakahu atu is 'e ha kupu kehe 'o e Lao ni, ke ne fakahu ant is ke tauhi fakalao 'o fakatatali ai ki hono fakafoki; ka 'o kapau 'oku 'ikai ke fakafiemalie ki he fakamaau'anga pe kapau kuo tapui pehe'i 'a e fakahu atu 'o e taha ko ia, kuo pan ke tukuange is 'e he fakamaau'anga mei hono tauhi fakalao".

Na'e tali 'i he Fale Alea 'i he 'aho 1 'o Siulai, 1999.

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