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| (1) For the purposes of this Act, any offence of which a person is accused or has been convicted in any designated country is a relevant offence if-
| | (a) it is an offence which, by whatsoever name or designation called in the law of such country or however described in that law, fails within any of the descriptions set out in the First Schedule, and is specified in the extradition arrangement made with such country; and | | |
| | (b) the act or omission constituting the offence, or the equivalent act or omission, would constitute an offence against the law of Ceylon if it took place within Ceylon or, in the case of an extra-territorial offence, in corresponding circumstances outside Ceylon. | | |
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| (2) In determining for the purposes of this section whether an offence against the law of any designated country falls within any description set out in the First Schedule, any special intent or state of mind or special circumstances of aggravation which may be necessary to constitute that offence under the law shall be disregarded. |
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| (3) The descriptions set out in the First Schedule include, in each case, offences of attempting or conspiring to commit, of assisting, counseling or procuring the commission of or being accessory before or after the fact to the offences therein described, am of impeding the apprehension or prosecution of persons guilty of those offences. |
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| (4) References in this section to the law of any designated country include references to the law of any part of that country. |
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