Section 2: Application of Act to Commonwealth countries.

(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, this Act shall apply to every separate country within the Commonwealth.
(2) For the purposes of this Act, each of the following areas shall be treated as constituting a separate country within the Commonwealth, that is to say-
(a) each sovereign and independent country within the commonwealth together with such (if any) of that country's dependent territories, as the President may by Order published in the Federal Gazette designate as forming part of that country for the purposes of this Act; and
(b) each country within the Commonwealth which, not being sovereign and independent, is not a territory for the time being designated under paragraph (a) of this subsection as forming part of some other country for the purposes of this Act.
(3) An order under subsection (2) (a) of this section designating a dependent territory as forming part of a sovereign and independent country shall be made if, but only if, that country has signified to the Federal Government that it desires that territory to be so designated for the purposes of this Act.
(4) If it appears to the President that the law of a country to which this Act applies by virtue of subsection (1) of this section no longer contains provisions substantially equivalent to the provisions of this Act, as it applies to countries within the Commonwealth, the President may by order published in the Federal Gazette direct that this Act shall apply in relation to that country with such modifications (whether by way of addition, alteration or omission) as may be specified in the order; and where an order under this subsection is in force with respect to any country, this Act shall have effect in relation to that country with the modifications specified in the order.
(5) In the case of a country to which this Act applies by virtue of subsection (1) of this section, that fact shall not prevent an order from being made under section 1 (1) of this Act in respect of that country if an extradition agreement is made with that country, and on the coming into force of an order under section 1 (1) of this Act in respect of such a country, this section shall cease to apply to that country and any order made under subsection (4) of this section in respect of that country shall cease to have effect.