.In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,

(a) [ composite offence means an act or conduct of a person occurred, wholly or in part, in a foreign State or in India but its effects or intended effects, taken as a whole, would constitute an extradition offence in India or in a foreign State, as the case may be;] [[Substituted by Act 66 of 1993, Section 4, for Clauses (a) and (c) (w.e.f.

(b) conviction and convicted do not include or refer to a conviction which under foreign law is a conviction for contumacy, but the term person accused includes a person so convicted for contumacy;

(c) [ extradition offence means

(d) extradition treaty means a treaty [,agreement or arrangement] [[Substituted by Act 66 of 1993, Section 4, for "or

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(e) foreign State means any State outside India [* *

(f) [ fugitive criminal means a person who is accused or convicted of an extradition offence within the jurisdiction of a foreign State and includes a person who, while in India, conspires, attempts to commit or incites or participates as an accomplice in the commission of an extradition offence in a foreign

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(g) Magistrate means a Magistrate of the First Class or a Presidency [Magistrate] [[Now Metropolitan