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35.—(1) In this Act—
“appropriate authority” has the meaning assigned to it by section 6(9) above;
“authority to proceed” has the meaning assigned to it by section 7(1) above;
“constable” includes an officer of the police force of the territory;
“court of committal” has the meaning assigned to it by section 9(1) above;
“designated Commonwealth country” has the meaning assigned to it by section 5(1) above;
“extradition crime” is to be construed in accordance with section 2 above;
“extradition request” has the meaning assigned to it by section 7(1) above, but in section 12(5) above includes a request or requisition made by some person recognised by the Governor of the relevant listed territory as the consular representative of a foreign State (or as the governor of a colony or dependency of a foreign State) for the surrender of a person to that State, colony or dependency under the law in that behalf for the time being in force in that listed territory;
“Governor” means the person for the time being lawfully administering the government of the territory;
“listed territory” means a territory listed in Schedule 1 to this Order and references to a relevant listed territory are references to a listed territory from which the return of a person is sought or (as the case may be) to which a person has been returned;
“provisional warrant” has the meaning assigned to it by section 8(1) above;
“the United Kingdom” includes the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.
(2) For the purposes of this Act a person convicted in his absence in a designated Commonwealth country, Ireland or a British overseas territory shall be treated as a person accused of the offence of which he is convicted.
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