If requisitions for the surrender of a fugitive criminal are
received from more than one foreign State 1
***, the Central Government may, having regard to the
circumstances of the case, surrender the fugitive criminal to such State or country as that Government
thinks fit
1. The words "or commonwealth country or from any foreign State and any commonwealth country" omitted by s. 15, ibid. (w.e.f 18-12-1993).