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MIPT: HONG KONG NETHERLANDS AGREEMENT ON THE SURRENDER OF FUGITIVE OFFENDERS
PARA 8 OF MIPT REFERS: TEXT OF DRAFT NOTE FOLLOWS.
BEGINS
THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS PRESENTS IT COMPLIMENTS TO HER BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S EMBASSY AND, WITH REFERENCE TO THE CURRENT NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN DELEGATIONS OF HONGKONG AND THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS REGARDING A BILATERAL AGREEMENT ON THE SURRENDER OF FUGITIVE OFFENDERS, SUBMITS THE FOLLOWING
THE UNITED KINGDOM HAS RATIFIED THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON EXTRADITION OF 13 DECEMBER 1957, WHICH WILL/HAS ENTER(ED) INTO FORCE BETWEEN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS AS OF 16 MAY 1991. CONSEQUENTLY THE EXISTING TREATY FOR THE EXTRADITION OF CRIMINALS BETWEEN THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS AND THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND OF 26 SEPTEMBER 1898 HAS BEEN/WILL BE SUPERSEDED BY THAT CONVENTION WITH RESPECT TO THE TERRITORIES OF THE TWO KINGDOMS TO WHICH THE CONVENTION APPLIES. THE 1898 TREATY WILL REMAIN IN
EFFECT TO HONG KONG UNTIL IT HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A NEW AGREEMENT AS ENVISAGED.
- THE MINISTRY HAS THE HONOUR TO PROPOSE THAT AN UNDERSTANDING BE
ESTABLISHED WHEREBY WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT:
A) REQUESTS BY THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS, UNDER THE 1989 TREATY, FOR THE EXTRADITION OF PERSONS FOUND IN HONGKONG 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, UNDER THE 1898 TREATY, FOR THE EXTRADITION OF PERSONS FOUND IN THE KINGDOM OF