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Section 2
The Extradition Act, 1962

Section 2. Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,--

1[(a) "composite offence" means an act or conduct of a person occurred, wholly or in part, in a foreign State or in india but its effects or Intended effects, taken as a whole, would constitute an extradition offence in India or in a foreign State, as the case may be;]

(b) "conviction" and "convicted" do not include or refer to a conviction which under foreign law is a conviction for contumacy, but the term "person accused" includes a person so convicted for contumacy;

2[(c) "extradition offence" means--

(i) in relation to a foreign State, being a treaty State, an offence provided for in the extradition treaty with that State;

(ii) in relation to a foreign State other than a treaty State an offence punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than one year under the laws of India or of a foreign State and includes a composite offence;]

(d) "extradition treaty" means a treaty 3[,agreement or arrangement) made by India with a foreign State relating to the extradition of fugitive criminals, and includes any treaty 3[,agreement or arrangement] relating to the extradition of fugitive criminals made before the 15th day of August, 1947, which extends to, and is binding on, India;

(e) "foreign State" means any State outside India 4* * * and includes every constituent part, colony or dependency of such State;

5[(f) "fugitive criminal" means a person who is accused or convicted of an extradition offence within the jurisdiction of a foreign State and includes a person who, while in India, conspires, attempts to commit or incites or participates as an accomplice in the commission of an extradition offence in a foreign State;]

(g) "magistrate" means a magistrate of the first class or a presidency magistrate;

(h) "notified order" means an order notified in the Official Gazette;

(i) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; and

(j) "treaty State" means a foreign State with which an extradition treaty is in operation.

1Superscript markers show text inserted or substituted by a later amendment. The Act carries the markers without the footnotes they refer to, so they are shown without a target.

How courts have applied section 2