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FUGITIVE OFFENDERS ACT
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HONG KONG
As a result of a case in Hong Kong whet
policeman has evaded prosecution under the
of Bribery Ordinance and come to the UK,
looking again at the Fugitive Offenders Act
and particularly at the double criminality run
Section 3(1)(c) which prevents the return:
fugitive offender from the UK to a dependén i.
territory unless the offence with which he
charged is known to the laws of both counten
rule has applied since 1967 to both indepe
Commonwealth countries and the dependent t
Previously it applied only to foreign cou
is arguable that it is not logic 1 to
to those aepenae. t territories whoge Lawr