Aviso n.º 55/91, de 10 de Abril de 1991
Aviso n.º 55/91 Por ordem superior se torna público que, por nota de 13 de Fevereiro de 1991 e nos termos do artigo 32 da Convenção Europeia de Extradição, aberta à assinatura em Paris, a 13 de Dezembro de 1957, o Conselho da Europa notificou ter o Reino Unido da Grã-Bretanha e Irlanda do Norte depositado, a 13 de Fevereiro de 1991, o seu instrumento de ratificação da referida Convenção, a qual entrará em vigor para este Estado a 14 de Maio de 1991.
Com o instrumento de ratificação foi entregue também uma carta contendo as seguintes reservas e declarações: Article 1 The United Kingdom reserves the right to refuse to grant extradition which is requested pursuant to or for the purpose of executing a conviction or sentence pronounced against the person concerned in his absence from proceedings in respect of which the conviction or sentence was pronounced.
Article 2 1 - The United Kingdom may decide to grant extradition in respect of any offences which under the law of the requesting State and the law of the United Kingdom are punishable by a sentence of imprisonment for a term of 12 months or any greater punishment, whether or not such a sentence has in fact beenimposed.
2 - The United Kingdom reserves the right to refuse extradition if it appears, in relation to the offence or each of the offences in respect of which a person's return is sought, that, by reason of its trivial nature, or because the accusation is not made in good faith in the interests of justice, it would in all the circumstances be unjust or oppressive to return him.
Article 3 The United Kingdom reserves the right to apply the provisions of article 3, paragraph 3, only in respect of States parties to the European Convention on the Suppression of Terrorism.
Article 8 The United Kingdom may refuse to extradite a person if the authorities in any part of the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands or the isle of Man have instituted or are about to institute criminal or other proceedings against that person, whether or not those proceedings are in respect of the offence or offences for which extradition is requested.
Article 9 The United Kingdom reserves the right to refuse to grant extradition of a person accused of an offence if it appears that that person would, if charged with that offence in the United Kingdom, be entitled to be discharged under any rule of law relating to previous acquittal or conviction.
Article 10 The United Kingdom reserves the right to refuse extradition if...
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