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- declared Commonwealth country, if that act is a relevant offence of that Convention country;
- (b) any act, wherever committed, is deemed to be an offence within the jurisdiction of a Convention country that is not a declared Commonwealth country, and in relation to which the Extradition Act has been applied by a notification in the Gazette under section 4 of that Act, if that act is a relevant offence of that Convention country; and
- (c) any such offence is deemed not to be an offence of a political character.
(8) In this section—
- “declared Commonwealth country” has the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Extradition Act;
- “relevant offence”, in relation to a Convention country, means an offence against the law of that country where the act or omission constituting the offence or the equivalent act or omission would, if it took place in Singapore—
- (a) constitute a nuclear terrorism offence; or
- (b) be a nuclear terrorism offence if the description of the offence contained a reference to any intent or state of mind on the part of the person committing the offence, or to any circumstance of aggravation, necessary to constitute the offence.
No prosecution without Public Prosecutor’s consent
14. A prosecution under this Act must not be instituted except by or with the consent of the Public Prosecutor.
