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YOUR TELNO 2882: UN CONVENTION ON TORTURE
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1. We have looked again at this. We agree it would be risky to extend the Convention to Hong Kong before LegCo had passed a
We
content
Subject to samemodificati Bill. We are content in principal with the procedure proposed
in your telno 4505 of 1988 but Article 27(2) of the Convention
ave
poses a problem. It states that (quote)... the Convention shall
enter into force on the 30th day after the day of the deposit of (a state's) instrument of ratification or excession (unquote). By analogy, this would apply to notification of extension to Hong
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Kong The Convention could not be considered to be in force force
The date of entry into
Hong Kong, until 30 days after notification. We therefore of the Ordinance needs to coincide with entry into force of the Convention
propose the following amended procedure:
Legco
(a) The Bill passes all stages in the Hong-Kong Legislature
except Governor's assent.
(b) On the same or the following day, UKMIS New York notify
the Secretary General of extension to Hong Kong.
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