A person was not eligible for surrender to New Zealand, the requesting country, because the offences with which he was charged in New Zealand involved the obtaining of property by knowingly false representations as to future conduct. English criminal law did not proscribe the use of knowingly false representations as to future conduct in order to obtain property, but only the use of knowingly false representations as to present fact, the required double criminality did not exist.
Lord Parker CJ, Edmund Davies LJ and Widgery J
[1968] 2 QB 399
England and Wales
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Cited – Regina v Governor of Pentonville Prison, Ex Parte Osman QBD 30-Mar-1988
The applicant had been committed to prison pending extradition proceedings brought by Hong Kong alleging substantial fraud. He challenged the committal on the grounds that since the allegations involved transmission of funds over international . .
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Updated: 09 September 2021; Ref: scu.182205