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LETTER FROM HUNTER, SENIOR CROWN COUNSEL (INTERNATIONAL LAW) TO MAJOR, HKD OF 19 JULY: HONG KONG/NETHERLANDS EXTRADITION AGREEMENT
1.
WE HAVE CONSULTED OUR LEGAL ADVISERS AND HAVE A NUMBER OF MINOR COMMENTS ON THE PAPER WHICH YOU PROPOSE TO HAND TO THE CHINESE ON 26 JULY.
2. (A) PARA 4 SECOND SENTENCE: WE SUGGEST THAT YOU REPLACE ''THEY'' BY THESE AMENDMENTS' AND PLACE THIS SENTENCE AFTER
THE AMENDMENTS TO WHICH IT REFERS.
(B) PARA 4(VIII): REPLACE ''BUT WITH ''THE
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BE FAMILIAR TO THE CHINESE.
(D) PARA 17, LINE 1: DELETE ''TO''.
(E) PARA 41, FINAL SENTENCE: THIS NEEDS CLARIFICATION ARTICLE 16(3) DOES NOT REFER TO A DECISION.
3. WE HAVE NO COMMENTS ON ANNEX B.
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