# The Extradition Act, 1962, Section 34C: Provision of life imprisonment for death penalty

- Act: The Extradition Act, 1962 (Act 34 of 1962)
- In force from: 1963-01-05
- Ministry: Ministry of External Affairs
- Source URL: https://indiacode.ecourtsindia.com/extradition-act-1962/section/34C/

## Text

1[34C. Provision of life imprisonment for death penalty.--Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, where a fugitive criminal, who has committed an extradition offence punishable with death in India, is surrendered or returned by a foreign State on the request of the Central Government and the laws of that foreign State do not provide for a death penalty for such an offence, such fugitive criminal shall be liable for punishment of imprisonment for life only for that offence.]

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