Section 1Short title, commencement and application

s. 1

1. Short title, commencement and application (1) This Act may be called the Extradition Act, 1974. (2) It shall come into force on such date as the Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, appoint. (3) It shall apply in relation to the return of persons to, and to persons returned from,- (a) a treaty State, subject to a declaration under section 3, if any; and (b) a foreign State not being a treaty State, subject to a direction under section 4.