Dutton v O'Shane [2003] FCAFC 195

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Dutton v O'Shane [2003] FCAFC 195 EXTRADITION – appeal against determination that appellant eligible for surrender under s 21 Extradition Act 1988 (Cth) EXTRADITION – fraud offences in South Africa – whether offences were "extradition offences" for the purposes of s 5 of the Extradition Act 1988 (Cth) – whether leave should be granted to raise matter during appeal – whether, given the 'staged nature' of extradition proceedings, the matter can be raised in an appeal from a s 21 review EXTRADITION – s 5 requirement that the maximum penalty for extradition offence be imprisonment for not less than 12 months – whether offences where penalty is discretionary satisfy s 5 requirement – expert evidence that substantial periods of imprisonment exceeding 12 months imposed for serious frauds EXTRADITION – double criminality requirement of s 19(2) of the Extradition Act 1988 (Cth)– fraud offences in South Africa in respect of breaches of exchange control regulations – no equivalent exchange control system in Australia – whether "equivalent conduct" if committed in NSW would have constituted an extradition offence – what can be taken to constitute "equivalent conduct" for the purposes of s 19(2) – significance of the Attorney-General's discretion under s 22 not to surrender an eligible person EXTRADITION – whether supporting document requirements of s 19(3) complied with – whether bench warrant for breach of bail produced by requesting country satisfies s 19(3)(a) requirements – whether copy warrant duly authenticated – whether warrant sufficiently described offences EXTRADITION – extradition objections – prosecuting for political opinions (s 7(b)) and/or prejudice on account of political opinions (s 7(c)) – how trial judge used both the material that was before s 19 magistrate and the magistrate's findings on disputed and conflicting evidence – s 21(6)(d) requirement that court only have regard to material that was before magistrate – whether material that is rejected or inadmissible is nonetheless 'before the magistrate' – weight given by trial judge to rejected material and to credibility findings – s 7(a) political offences – whether trial judge misconceived nature and content of pure political offences Extradition Act 1998 (Cth) ss 5, 7, 10, 19, 21 Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) s 29B, s 29D Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) ss 176A, 178BA, 178BB Treaty on Extradition between Australia and the Republic of South Africa, Art 16(3) Dutton v O'Shane [2002] NSWSC 1086 approved Republic of South Africa v Dutton (1997) 77 FCR 128 cited Crampton v The Queen (2000) 206 CLR 161 cited Coulton v Holcombe (1986) 162 CLR 1 cited Schliske v Federal Republic of Germany (1987) 14 FCR 424 cited Harris v Attorney-General (Commonwealth) (1994) 52 FCR 386 cited Director of Public Prosecutions (Commonwealth) v Kainhofer (1995) 185 CLR 528 cited Zoeller v Federal Republic of Germany (1989) 23 FCR 282 referred to Bennett v United Kingdom (2000) 179 ALR 113 cited Abebe v The Commonwealth 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Administrative Action (2nd ed, 2000) Shearer, Extradition in International Law (1971) 31A Am Jur 2d, "Extradition" EDWARD ISAAC DUTTON v PATRICIA JUNE O'SHANE, THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA N1288 of 2002 FINN, DOWSETT & CONTI JJ 26 AUGUST 2003 SYDNEY