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The Australian authorities requested the extradition of an Australian national residing in Sri Lanka to face charges of fraudulent misappropriation and false pretence in New South Wales. The High Court discharged the requested person after finding that the evidence and exhibits transmitted by Australia had not been duly authenticated, but the Court of Appeal set aside that decision in the exercise of its revisionary jurisdiction. The Supreme Court held that extradition proceedings before the High Court are judicial rather than wholly administrative and are therefore subject to revision by the Court of Appeal. It further held that a single composite certificate covering all depositions and exhibits, together with the official seal of the Australian Attorney-General, satisfied the statutory authentication requirements, without any need to certify each document separately; the appeal was dismissed and the case remitted to the High Court.