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N.Y. CPL Law § 570.16

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Extradition of persons not present in demanding state at time of commission of crime

Official statutory text

§ 570.16 Extradition of persons not present in demanding state at time\n of commission of crime.\n The governor of this state may also surrender, on demand of the\nexecutive authority of any other state, any person in this state charged\nin such other state in the manner provided in section 570.08 with\ncommitting an act in this state or in a third state, intentionally\nresulting in a crime in the state whose executive authority is making\nthe demand, when the acts for which extradition is sought would be\npunishable by the laws of this state, if the consequences claimed to\nhave resulted therefrom in the demanding state had taken effect in this\nstate; and the provisions of this article not otherwise inconsistent,\nshall apply to such cases, even though the accused was not in that state\nat the time of the commission of the crime, and has not fled therefrom;\nprovided, however, that the governor of this state may, in his\ndiscretion, make any such surrender conditional upon agreement by the\nexecutive authority of the demanding state, that the person so\nsurrendered will be held to answer no criminal charges of any nature\nexcept those set forth in the requisition upon which such person is so\nsurrendered, at least until such person has been given reasonable\nopportunity to return to this state after his acquittal, if he shall be\nacquitted, or if he shall be convicted, after he shall be released from\nconfinement. Nothing in this section shall apply to the crime of libel.\n

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