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3.
This Agreement is intended solely for mutual
assistance between the Parties. The provisions of the
Agreement shall not create any right on the part of any
private person to obtain assistance under this Agreement
or to impede the execution of a request.
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ARTICLE 2
DEFINITIONS
For the purposes, of this Agreement :
(a) proceedings are instituted :
́ (i) in Hong Kong when a magistrate
issues a warrant or summons, when a
person is charged with an offence
after having been taken into custody
without a warrant, or when a bill of
indictment is preferred,
is earliest in time;
whichever
(ii) in Australia when an information has
been
laid before a competent
authority, when a person is charged
with an offence after having been.
taken into custody without a
warrant,
Or when a bill of
indictment is preferred,
is earliest in time;
whichever