The content originally appeared on: Trinidad and Tobago Newsday News The Hall of Justice, Port of Spain. - File photo MAGISTRATES continue to have jurisdiction in extradition cases, despite the passage of the Administration of Justice (Indictable Proceedings) Act (AJIPA), which abolished preliminary inquiries. Justice Ricky Rahim made the declaration that AJIPA did not remove a magistrate’s jurisdiction under the Extradition (Commonwealth and Foreign Territories) Act on July 23. He also declared that the Extradition Act gave magistrates jurisdiction and […]
