- (b) any such offence shall be deemed not to be an offence of a political character.
(9) In this section—
- "declared Commonwealth country" has the meaning given to that expression in the Extradition Act (Cap. 103);
- "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—
- (a) would constitute an offence against a UN worker, other than one which would constitute such an offence by virtue only of section 3(3); or
- (b) would be such an offence if the description concerned 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.
Extradition to Protocol countries
12.—(1) For the purposes of the Extradition Act, the expression "extradition crime", in relation to a Protocol country that is a declared Commonwealth country, shall be deemed to include relevant offences.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), where no extradition treaty is in force between Singapore and a Protocol country that is not a declared Commonwealth country, a notification in the Gazette under section 4 of the Extradition Act may be made applying that Act as if there were an extradition treaty between Singapore and that country.
(3) Where the Extradition Act is applied under subsection (2), that Act shall have effect in relation to that country as if the only extradition crimes under that Act were the relevant offences of that country.
(4) Subsection (3) is without prejudice to any other notification made under section 4 of the Extradition Act.
(5) Where—
- (a) an extradition treaty is in force between Singapore and a Protocol country; and
- (b) the treaty does not provide for the extradition of persons accused of or convicted of a relevant offence of that country,
