ABSTRACT
Extradition is the legal process whereby a person accused or convicted of an extraditable offence in one State is found in another State and the foreign State seeks the return of that person through diplomatic channels to be tried or to serve his sentence in the requesting State. Caricom countries have agreed in principle to an extradition scheme amongst Caricom countries known as ‘the Caricom Arrest Warrant Treaty’. The hearing of an extradition case is similar to a committal/preliminary enquiry. The parties before the court are the requesting State and the accused. When the accused person is brought before the magistrates’ court he is entitled to apply for bail. A court’s primary concern in deciding whether or not to grant bail is whether the fugitive would surrender to the custody of the court when called upon. The conduct of extradition proceedings is governed entirely by statute.
