Amendments proposed to the Extradition Bill - continued House of Commons

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Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Nick Hawkins
Angela Watkinson
Mr Mark Francois
Mr James Paice
Mr Humfrey Malins

78

Clause     64,     page     32,     line     14,     leave out '4 months' and insert '3 years'.

   

Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Nick Hawkins
Angela Watkinson
Mr Mark Francois
Mr James Paice
Mr Humfrey Malins

79

Clause     64,     page     32,     line     19,     leave out '12 months' and insert '3 years'.

   

Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Nick Hawkins
Angela Watkinson
Mr Mark Francois
Mr James Paice
Mr Humfrey Malins

80

Clause     64,     page     32,     line     26,     leave out '12 months' and insert '3 years'.

   

Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Nick Hawkins
Angela Watkinson
Mr Mark Francois
Mr James Paice
Mr Humfrey Malins

81

Clause     64,     page     32,     line     29,     leave out '4 months' and insert '3 years'.

   

Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Nick Hawkins
Angela Watkinson
Mr Mark Francois
Mr James Paice
Mr Humfrey Malins

82

Clause     64,     page     32,     line     36,     leave out '12 months' and insert '3 years'.

   

Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Nick Hawkins
Angela Watkinson
Mr Mark Francois
Mr James Paice
Mr Humfrey Malins

83

Clause     64,     page     33,     line     5,     leave out subsection (8).


   

Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Nick Hawkins
Angela Watkinson
Mr Mark Francois
Mr James Paice
Mr Humfrey Malins

84

Clause     65,     page     33,     line     16,     leave out subsection (2) and insert—

    '(2)   The only authority to be recognised in a British court for the purposes of this Act from a category 1 territory is to be a judge of a High Court (equivalent to the High Court of England and Wales) in which the presumption of innocence applies in the same way as it applies in the courts of England and Wales.'.

   

Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Nick Hawkins
Angela Watkinson
Mr Mark Francois
Mr James Paice
Mr Humfrey Malins

85

Clause     65,     page     33,     line     19,     leave out subsection (3).


   

Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Nick Hawkins
Angela Watkinson
Mr Mark Francois
Mr James Paice
Mr Humfrey Malins

86

Page     33,     line     26,     leave out Clause 66.


   

Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Nick Hawkins
Angela Watkinson
Mr Mark Francois
Mr James Paice
Mr Humfrey Malins

87

Page     34,     line     1,     leave out Clause 67.


NEW CLAUSES

Passage of time

   

Mr Nick Hawkins
Angela Watkinson
Mr Mark Francois
Mr James Paice
Mr Humfrey Malins

NC1

To move the following Clause:—

       'A person's extradition to a Category 1 territory is barred by reason of the passage of time if it appears it would be unjust or oppressive or not proportional in all the circumstances to extradite him by reason of the passage of time since he is alleged to have committed the extradition offence or since he is alleged to have become unlawfully at large (as the case may be).'.


Territorial bar

   

Mr John Burnett
Mr Alistair Carmichael

NC2

To move the following Clause:—

       'A person's extradition to a Category 1 territory is barred where the warrant relates to offences which—

      (a) are regarded by the law of the relevant part of the UK as having been committed in whole or in part in the territory of the UK or in a place treated as such; or

      (b) have been committed outside the territory of the Category 1 territory and the law of the relevant part of the UK does not allow prosecution for the same offences when committed outside its territory.'.


   

Mr Bob Ainsworth

109

Clause     178,     page     94,     line     11,     leave out from 'applicable' to first 'to' in line 12 and insert 'to extradition'.

   

Mr Bob Ainsworth

110

Clause     178,     page     94,     line     12,     leave out from second 'to' to 'to' in line 13 and insert 'extradition'.


ORDER OF THE HOUSE [9TH DECEMBER 2002]

   

That the following provisions shall apply to the Extradition Bill—

Committal

    (1)   The Bill shall be committed to a Standing Committee.

Proceedings in Standing Committee

    (2)   Proceedings in the Standing Committee shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion on 21st January 2003.

    (3)   The Standing Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on which it meets.

Consideration and Third Reading

    (4)   Proceedings on consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on the day on which those proceedings are commenced.

    (5)   Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on the day on which proceedings on consideration are commenced.

    (6)   Sessional Order B (programming committees) made by the House on 28th June 2001 shall not apply to proceedings on consideration and Third Reading.

Other proceedings

    (7)   Any other proceedings on the Bill (including any proceedings on consideration of Lords Amendments or any further messages from the Lords) may be programmed.


 
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