HC Deb 03 May 1960 vol 622 c60W
55. Mr. Stonehouse

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what action the territorial police of Nyasaland took following a request from the Government of the Union of South Africa for an extradition order against Mr. Ronald Segal and Mr. Oliver Tambo, refugees, from the Union.

Mr. Iain Macleod

On receipt of information from the South African authorities that warrants for the arrest of these two persons had been issued by a judge of the Supreme Court in Pretoria the Nyasaland police, in accordance with normal procedure, applied to the Court for a provisional warrant under Section 16 of the Fugitive Offenders Act, 1881. The application was refused.

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