Section 16: Persons surrendered not triable for other offences
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16. Persons surrendered not triable for other offences
Where any person accused or convicted of an extradition crime in Mauritius is surrendered by a foreign State, pursuant to any extradition treaty, or
otherwise by a Commonwealth country, that person shall not, until he has
left or has had an opportunity of leaving Mauritius—
(a) be detained or tried in Mauritius for any offence that is alleged to
have been committed or was committed, before his surrender
other than—
(i) the offence to which the request for his surrender relates
or any other offence of which he could be convicted upon
proof of the facts on which that request was based; or
(ii) in the case of a Commonwealth country, any other extradition crime in respect of which that country consents to his
being so detained or tried, as the case may be; or
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(b) be detained in Mauritius for the purpose of being surrendered to
another country for trial or punishment for any offence that is alleged to have been committed, or was committed, before his
surrender to Mauritius, other than an offence of which he could
be convicted upon proof of the facts on which the request for
his surrender was based.
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