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Extradition Act 1992 s 42

Extradition Act 1992 s 42

s 42 Jurisdiction as to offences committed at sea or in air

Where the offence in respect of which the return of a fugitive criminal is sought was committed on board any vessel on the high seas or any aircraft while in the air outside Malaysia which comes into any port or aerodrome in Malaysia, the Minister and any Magistrate having jurisdiction in such port or aerodrome may exercise the powers conferred by this Act.

Malay text (authoritative)

Bidang kuasa terhadap kesalahan yang dilakukan di laut dan udara

Jika kesalahan yang berkenaan dengannya pemulangan seseorang penjenayah buruan itu cuba didapatkan telah dilakukan di atas mana-mana vesel di lautan lepas atau mana-mana pesawat udara semasa di udara di luar Malaysia yang masuk ke mana-mana pelabuhan atau padang terbang di Malaysia, Menteri dan mana-mana Majistret yang mempunyai bidang kuasa di pelabuhan atau padang terbang itu boleh menggunakan kuasa yang diberikan oleh Akta ini.

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Find Act 479 on lom.agc.gov.my ↗

Text as at 1 January 2006 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.

Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).

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