Agreement between the Government of Hong Kong
and the Government of Canada for the
Surrender of Fugitive Offenders
Record of Negotiations (28 31 October 1991)
Canada Delegation
Mr D W (Don) Smith
Mr Keith Morrill Mr Jacques Lemire
Mr WH (Bill) Corbett QC
Hong Kong Delegation
Mr David Edwards
Mr Michael Hartmann Mr John Hunter Mr Chris Newall
Mr Alasdair Sinclair
Mr Philip Chan
Director, Legal Advisory Division & Head of Canada Delegation EAITC, Legal Advisory Division Counsel, Criminal Prosecutions Section, Dept of Justice
Senior General Counsel, Dept of Justice
Head of Hong Kong Delegation & International Law Officer Attorney General's Chambers
International Law Division, Legal Dept International Law Division, Legal Dept Principal Assistant Secretary,
Security Branch
Assistant Secretary for Security, Security Branch
PREAMBLE
The third preambular paragraph was added at the request of the Canadian side to emphasise that agreements for the surrender of fugitive offenders depend on the Parties having mutual respect for ech other's legal system.
ARTICLE 1
2.
No substantive change. The article was recast to avoid ambiguity caused by use of the word 'jurisdiction' in the model.
ARTICLE 2
3.
Canada acepted our arguments for having a list of
offences.
4.
Several offences were added to the list to reflect the Canadian criminal code and some were amended to achieve the generic approach favoured by Canada. The principal changes
are