The Extradition (Tokyo Convention) Order 1997
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 22nd day of July 1997
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Whereas the Convention on Offences and Certain Other Acts Committed On Board Aircraft (referred to in this Order as “the Convention” and set out in Schedule 1 to this Order) signed at Tokyo on 14th September 1963 entered into force for the United Kingdom on 4th December 1969:
And whereas Article 16, paragraph 1 of the Convention provides as follows—
“Offences committed on aircraft registered in a Contracting State shall be treated, for the purpose of extradition, as if they had been committed not only in the place in which they have occurred but also in the territory of the State of registration of the aircraft.”:
And whereas the States specified in Schedule 2 to this Order are foreign Sates in respect of which the Convention is for the time being in force and in relation to which Orders in Council under section 2 of the Extradition Act 1870 are in force:
And whereas the States mentioned in Part I of Schedule 3 to this Order are foreign States in respect of which the Convention is for the time being in force but with which no general extradition arrangements have been made:
Now, therefore, Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by sections 4(1), 22(3) and 37(3) of the Extradition Act 1989, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—