opportunity to leave it, be dealt with there for or in respect of
any offences committed before his return to it other than
(a) the offence in respect of which his return is ordered;
(b)
an offence, other than an offence excluded by subsection (5)
below, which is disclosed by the facts in respect of which his
return was ordered; or
(c) subject to subsection (6) below, any other offence being an
extradition crime in respect of which the Secretary of State
may consent to his being dealt with.
(5)
The offences excluded from paragraph (b) of subsection (4) above
are offences in relation to which an order for the return of the
person concerned could not lawfully be made."
4.
The only provision under Hong Kong law purporting to deal with the
requirement for a specialty assurance is paragraph 14 ("the Specialty
Assurance") of the Schedule to the Fugitive Offenders (Hong Kong)
Order-in-Council ("the Hong Kong Order"). A copy of the Specialty
Assurance is appended hereto as Appendix B. It provides that no person
extradited to Hong Kong from the United Kingdom would be tried, during a
specified period, for an offence other than the offence for which he was
returned, or a lesser offence proved by the facts proved for the purpose
of securing his return, or any other offence in respect of which the
Government of the country from which he was returned may consent.
5.
The "specified period" during which the person returned may not be dealt