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[PART II-SEC. 3(i))

MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS,(Legal and Treaties Divlsion)

OJU)ERNew be1hi~ the 25th July, 1983

G.S.R. 585 (E) .-Whereas the treaty betweenGreat Britain and Belgium for the' Mutual Extra-dition of Fugitive Criminals of 29 October, 1901as amended by the Conventions dated 5 March,1907 and 3 March, 1911 and by Exchange ofLetters dated 30th May, 1958 and 30th December,1958 on the subject between the two countries areconsidered to be in force between India and, Bel-gium by the Exchange of Letters dated 3 August,1954 and 6 'November, 1954 and the said treatyprovides as follows :-

"ART. 1. It is agreed that His BritarmicMajesty .and His Majesty the King of the'Belgians shall, on requisition made intheir name by their respective Diploma-tic Agents, deliver on to each otherre~ciprocaUy, under the circumstances and

, conditions stated in the' present Treaty,any 'persoqs who, bei~gaccused or CO'1-

, victed, as principals, or accessories, ofany of the crimes 'hereinafter specified,committed within the territories of the'requinngParty,' shall beJound within theterritories of the other Party' :

1. Murder (including assassination, parricide,infanticide, poisoning), or attempt, or conspiracyto murder, in' cases jointly provided for by the lawsofthe:two ccluntries: ''.. ,. .'

2. Administering drugs or using instrument?wjth intenr to procure the miscarriage of women;

3. Manslaughter;4. Bigamy;

5.-{a) Counterfeiting, or altering money, oruttering counterfeit or altered money;

(b) ,Knowingly making", without lawful aptho-rity, any instrument, tool, or engine adapted, andintended for the counterfeiting of the coin of therealm; . '

6.' Abandoning children, exposing or u111a\x,fullydetaining them; , ' ,

7. Forgery, ~ounterfeiting, or altering or uttering,what is forged, or counterfeited, or altered;

8. Any malicious act done with intent to en-danger pcrsonsin a railway train;

, . .9. Embezzlementor larceny;

10. Receiving any chattel, money; valuablesecurity, or other property, knowing the same tohave been embezzled. stolen, or-feloniously ob-

/ tained; '~., ],....' ,

.. 11. Obtaining money, goods, or valuable secu-nties by false pretences; ,,

12. ,Crimes, by, bankrupts against .bankmptcylaw;

13. Frau~ bya bailee, banker, agent, factor,trustee, or dIrector, or member or public oiTIcerofany company made criminal by any taw for thetime ?cing in force; .

14. Rape; ),.:.~

Carnal knowledge, or any attempt to have carnalknowledge, of a girl under 16 years of age so far,as such ~cts are punishable by the la wof the Stateupon whIch the demand is made'. ,-,

Indecent assault. Indecent ass'ault without vio-lence upon children of either sex under 13 yearsof age; ,

15. Abduction;16. Child stealing;17. Kidnapping and false iniprisonment;18. Burglary or housebreaking;

, 19. Arson;,2'0. Robbery with violence (including intimida-tion) ; , , ' ".

21: Threats by letter or otherwise, with intehtto extort; " '

22. Piracy by law of nations;23. Sinking or destroying a vessel at sea~ or

attempting or conspiring to do so; , .' ,.24:' Assaults ,on boa:d a ship on ,the ..highseas

wlthmtent to destroy hfe or to do grievous bodilyharm; ,

'25. Revolt or conspiracy 'to revolt, by two . Ofmore persons, on board a ship' on the' high seasagainst the authority of the master;

. :' . . ~26. Perjury and subornation of perjury;Z7. Malicious injury to property, if 'the .offenc~

be indictable; , '! . 0'.

28. Assault occasioning actual ,bodily haim.MaliCious 'wo,unding, or inflicting grievous bodilyharm; , '

29. Offences in connection with the SlaveTradepunishable by the laws of both States;

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person accused shall be found would justify . hisapprehension and commitment for trial if the crimehad b.een there committed, and in' the case of aperson alleged to have been convicted, on, suchevidence as, according to the laws of the countrywhere he is found, would prove that he had beenconvicted.

In no case. can the surrender be made hnlessthe crime shall be punishable according to thelaws in force in both countries with regard toextradition.

In no case, nQron any consideration whatever,shall the High Contracting Parties be bound tosurrender their own subjects, whether by birth ornatunilization. '

'II. In the dominions of His Britannic Majesty,other than the Colonies or foreign possessions ofHis Majesty, the manner of proceeding shall be asfollows:

In the case of a person accused-The requisition for the surrender shall' be made

to His Britannic Majesty's Principal Secretary ofState for Foreign Affairs by the Minister or other'Diplomatic Agent of His Majesty the King of theBelgians, accompanied by a warrant of attest orother equivalent, judicial document issued by a.Judge or Magistr~te duly authorised to take cog-nizance of the acts charged against the accused inBelgium, together with duly authenticated deposi-tions or statements taken on oath or upon oolemnaffirmation before such Judge or Magistrate,clearly setting forth the said acts, and containinga description of the. person claimed, and anyparticulars whiah may serve to identity him.

The said Secretary of State shall transmit suchdocuments to His Britannic Maiesty's PrincipalSecretary of State for the Home ~partment, whoshall then by order under his hand and seal, signifyto some Police Magistrate in London that suchrequisition has, been made, and, require him, ifthe;e, pe due .cause, to issue his warrant for theapprehension of the fugitive.

On the receipt of such order from the Secretaryof State, and on the production of such evidenceas would, in the opiilionof the Magistrate, justifythe issue of the warrant if the crime had beencommitted in the' United Kingdom, he shallissue his warrant' accordingly.

When the fugitive shall have been apprehended,he shall be brought before a competent Magistrate.If the evidence to' be then produced shall be suchas to justify, according to the iaw of England, the'commital for trial of the prisoner, if the crime ofwhich he is accused had been committed in Eng-land, th~ Magistrate shall commit him to prison,to await the warrant of the Secretary of State forhis surrender, sending immediately to the Secretaryof State a certificate of the commital and a reportupon the case. , ".;",o..~~.,~"~.~",i,,

After the expiration of a period from the com-mital of the' prisoner, which shall never be lessthan fifteen days, the Secretary of State shall, byorder undet his hand and seal, order the fugitivecriminal to be surrendered to such person as maybe duly authorised to receive hinl on the part ofthe Government of His Majesty the Kin~ of theBelgians.

2. In the case of a person convicted-,

The Course of proceeding shall be the 'same asin the case of person accused, except thatthe fw~r_ ,rant to be transmitted by the Minister or other Dip- tlomatic Agent in support of his requisition shallclearly set forth the crime of which "the personclaimed has been convicted, and state the fact,place, and date of his conviction. The evidence tobe produced before the Magistrate shall be suchas would, according to the law of England, provethat the ,prisoner was convicted of the crime 'charged. .

After the Magistrate shall/have committed theaccused or convicted· person to awmt the order ofa Secretary of State for his' surrender, .such personshall .have the right t9 apply for,'a writ of habeascorpus; if he should so apply his surrender mustbe deferred untiL after the decision of the CourtupOh theretuin to the" writ, and' even then canonly take place if the decision is adverse theapplicant.

HI. .In the dominions of His Majesty' the Kingof the Belgians, other than the Colonies or foreignpossessions of His said Majesty, the manner of pro-ceeding shall be as follows : '.

1. In the case of apersoIi accused-' 'The requisition for the surrender shall be made

to the Minister for Foreign Affairs of His Majestythe King of the Belgians by the Minister or otherDiplomatic Agent of His .Britannic Majesty, a9-companied by a wc.:trant of arrest or 'otherequivalent judicial document issued by a Judge orMagistrate duly authorised to take cognizance ofthe a~ts charged against the accused in Great Bri-tain, together with duly authenticated depositions.or statements taken on oath or upon solemn affir-~ination before such Judge or Magistrate, 'clearly~etting forth the said acts, and containing a descrip-tion bf the person claimed, and any other parti-culars which may serve to identify him.

The Minister for Foreign Affai.rs shall transmitthe warrant of arrest, with the documents theretoannexed, to the Minister of Justice, who shall for-ward the same to the 'proper judicial authority,inorder tlJ,at the warrant of arrest ~ay be ,put incourse 9f executiqn by the Ch~ber of the Coun-cil, (Chambre du Conseil) Dfthe Court of FirstInstance of the place of residence of the accused,or of the place where.'he may be found. .

The foreigner may claim to be provisionally setat liberty in any case in which a Belgian enjoysthat right, and under the same conditions. .

"The application shall be submitted to the Chan)-ber of the Council (Chambre du conseil).

The Government will take the opinion of theChamber of Indictments or Investigatron (Chambredes Mises en Accusation) of the Court of Appealwithin whose jurisdiction the foreigner shall havebeen arrested. '

The heaiiQg of the case.. shall be public, unlessthe foreigner should demand that it should be with

, closed doors. '

The public authorities and the foreigner shall beheard. The latter may obtain the assistance ofcounsel.

,Within afortnight'(rom the' receipt of the doc~-merits they shalt be 'returned, with a reason.edopinion, to the Minister of Justice, who shall deCide

, and may order that the accused be delivered to theperson duly authprized ,on the part of the Govern-J;llent of His Britannic Majesty.

2. 'In case of a p;eroon conVicted-The course of 'proceeding shall be the same as

in the'case ,of 'a person accused, except that theconviction or 'sentence of condenmationissued in original or in an authenticated copy, to betransmitted by the Minister or other DiplomaticAg~nt in support of his requisition, shall clearly setforth the crime of which the person claimed hasbeen convicted, and state the' fact, place, and dateof his conviction. The evidence to be producedshall be, such as would, according to the' Belgianlaws, prove that the prisoner was convicted of thecrime charged.

IV. A fugitive criminal may, however, be appre-hended under a warrant signed by any Police, Ma-gistrate, Justice of the P~ace; or other competentauthority, in ,either c~untry, on such infonm.:tion orcomplaint, and such e,vidence, or after such pro-ceedings as, would, in :the opinion of the personissuing the .warrapt, ,justifY the'issue of a warrantif the crime had been ,committed, or the prisonerconyicted ,in, that. part, of t4ti dominions of the twoContracting, Parties ill wbich he exercises jurisdic-tion : Provid~d; hO\~ev,er, that, in the United'King-dom, the accused shall in such C\'ISe be sei1t asspeedily as possible before a competent Magistrate,He shall be discharged, as well in the United King-'dom,as in Belgil,lm,.if within fourteen days a req-uisition shaH not have been mad~ for his surrenderby the Diplomatic Agent of the 'requiring State inthe manuer directed by Articles II and III of thisT:re~ty. , " , ,

,'The same rule shall apply to the cases of personsaccused or convicted 'Of any of the crymes specifiedin this Treat)'; and committed'on the highseG'S

on board any vessel of eitheJ; country 'which maycome into a port of the, other. ' ,

.V. If within twomonth~ counting . from thedate of arrest, sufficient evidence for the extraditionshall hot have been ptesy:b:ted,' 'the 'person arrestedshall be set at liberty. 'He sh:111likewise be sent atliberty if, within two months of the day on whichhe was placed at the disposal' of the DiplomaticAgent, he shall noChave' been sent off to the re-claiming country.

VI. When a person shall have been extradited byone of the High Contracting parties, that person,until he has returned to the country from which hehad been extradited, oruntiLhe has had a.n oppor-tunity of returning to it, shall not by deta11ied,orbrought to justice in the Stc.:te to which he l).as beenhanded over for any ctjme Of on any other d)-argewhatever· priOr to the extradition, except those inrespect of whiCh the extradition has been a~90rded.

Neither shall that person, until J1e has had anopportunity of returning to the country from whichhe has been extradited, be' harided 'over to a; thirdState. . " , , ,

; VII. No acc~s~d, or.' c9nvictedp¢r~qil'shall besurrendered if the offence in ,re~'pect of, which, hissurrender is ,de,man

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