Extradition (European Convention on the Suppression of Terrorism) Act, 1987
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Certain other offences not to be regarded as political offences in certain circumstances. |
4.—(1) (a) For the purposes mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b) of section 3 (2), an offence to which this section applies and of which a person is accused or has been convicted outside the State shall not be regarded as a political offence or as an offence connected with a political offence if the court or the Minister, as the case may be, having taken into due consideration any particularly serious aspects of the offence, including— | |
(i) that it created a collective danger to the life, physical integrity or liberty of persons, | ||
(ii) that it affected persons foreign to the motives behind it, or | ||
(iii) that cruel or vicious means were used in the commission of the offence, | ||
is of opinion that the offence cannot properly be regarded as a political offence or as an offence connected with a political offence. | ||
(b) For the purposes mentioned in section 3 (2)(c), proceedings outside the State in respect of an offence to which this section applies shall not be regarded as a criminal matter of a political character. | ||
(2) (a) This section applies to— | ||
(i) any serious offence (other than an offence to which section 3 applies) of which a person is accused or has been convicted outside the State— | ||
(I) involving an act of violence against the life, physical integrity or liberty of a person, or | ||
(II) involving an act against property if the act created a collective danger for persons, | ||
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(ii) any offence of attempting to commit any of the foregoing offences. | ||
(b) References in this subsection to an offence include references to participation as an accomplice of a person who commits the offence. |