s 49 Simultaneous requests
49.—(1) If more than one foreign State or declared Commonwealth territory (as the case may be) makes a request for the surrender of a fugitive, the Minister may, having regard to the circumstances of the case, surrender the fugitive to any State or territory that the Minister thinks fit. (2) The Minister in determining to which State or territory the fugitive should be returned must consider all the circumstances of the case and in particular —(a) the relative seriousness of the offences; (b) the relative dates on which the requests were made; and (c) the citizenship or other national status of the fugitive and the fugitive’s ordinary residence.[Act 17 of 2022 wef 01/07/2022]