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P.5

On the 5th of July 1989 (at the time Osman was launching a bail application before the Divisional Court) I met with M. Siméon and Dominic Robert. M. Robert explained that he had been preparing a detailed note concerning extradition law in France.

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(Annexure "E")

I discussed the position in relation to the extradition act and the 1878 Treaty. I suggested that the 1927 Act applies in the absence of Treaties or where a Treaty is silent about matters. We decided to make discreet inquiries as to Saniman's whereabouts. We agreed to meet with Chauvy before the end of the month to discuss the way ahead and discuss with him:-

(1)

timetable for the new request;

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manner of service of the request;

(iii)

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contents and form of the request;

(iv) proceedings post arrest.

We identified our particular areas of concern as:-

(1) qualifying extraditable offences in French terms

(1)

abus de confiance

escroquerie

detournement frauduleuse

complicité

the form and nature of the Hong Kong charges to be annexed to the

warrant;

(ii) fresh request on new facts

what constitutes new facts

case summary, witness statements

fresh warrants based on fresh charges issued by a new

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