provisions of the bilateral Treaty concluded in London on 26
September 1898 on the extradition of criminals shall cease to
apply with respect to the territories to which the Convention
applies.
In view of the fact that the bilateral Treaty of 1898 shall
remain in force between the Kingdom of the Netherlands and
the United Kingdom in respect of Hong Kong until it has been
replaced by a new arrangement as envisaged, and in order to
facilitate the practical application of its Article VIII,
the Ministry has the honour to propose on behalf of the
Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands that with
immediate effect:
a) requests by the Government of the Kingdom of the
Netherlands for the extradition under the 1898 Treaty of
persons found in Hong Kong shall be conveyed by the
Representation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Hong Kong
to the competent authorities of Hong Kong,
and
b) requests by the Government of Hong Kong for the extradition
/under