CONT
5.
in
and
The
Convention requires
that the offences listed
Article 1 be extraditable in respect of both existing
future
extradition treaties
involving
Parties (Article 8.1).
Contracting
Further, in the absence of an
extradition treaty, Contracting Parties whose law SO
provides may consider this Convention as the legal basis
for extradition (Article 8.2).
Benefits
6.
aviation.
Continued
Hong Kong is an important centre of international
and regional
application Of the
provisions of this Convention is essential to protect
aircraft, passengers and crew travelling to and transiting
Hong Kong and to maintain the high level of international
confidence in the operation of civil aviation in Hong Kong.
Proposals
The
British side propose that the
Convention
should
continue to apply to the Hong Kong SAR after 30 June
with the Joint Declaration.
1997 in accordance
became A party
provided that it
The PRC
the convention on 18 September 1980 and
remains so, it will be necessary only to
ensure
that
the
international
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rights and
obligations