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Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Act 1990

Consolidated Text As Enacted Cited authorities 56 Cited in Amendments 347 Related
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JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1990 c. 5
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    • of giving evidence in criminal proceedings there; orof being identified in, or otherwise by his presence assisting, such proceedings or the investigation of an offence.by the prisoner himself; orin circumstances in which it appears to the Secretary of State inappropriate, by reason of the prisoner’s physical or mental condition or his youth, for him to act for himself, by a person appearing to the Secretary of State to be an appropriate person to act on his behalf;the taking of the prisoner to a place in the United Kingdom and his delivery at a place of departure from the United Kingdom into the custody of a person representing the appropriate authority of the country or territory to which the prisoner is to be transferred; andthe bringing of the prisoner back to the United Kingdom and his transfer in custody to the place where he is liable to be detained under the sentence to which he is subject.( 3A(4) Where a warrant has been issued in respect of a prisoner under this section he shall be deemed to be in legal custody at any time when, being in the United Kingdom or on board a British ship, British aircraft or British hovercraft, he is being taken under the warrant to or from any place or being kept in custody under the warrant.of a constable in the part of the United Kingdom in which that person is for the time being; orif he is outside the United Kingdom, of a constable in the part of the United Kingdom to or from which the prisoner is to be taken under the warrant.(6) If the prisoner escapes or is unlawfully at large, he may be arrested without warrant by a constable and taken to any place to which he may be taken under the warrant issued under this section.(7) In subsection (4) above—
    • “British aircraft” means a British-controlled aircraft within the meaning of section 92 of the Civil Aviation Act 1982 (application of criminal law to aircraft) or one of Her Majesty’s aircraft;
    • “British hovercraft” means a British-controlled hovercraft within the...

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