declared that for the purposes of the Extradition Act 1870
crimes committed on board an aircraft registered in a
Convention country while in flight should be deemed to
have been committed in that country.
3.
The United Kingdom included Hong Kong in its ratification
of the Convention. In order to implement the Convention in Hong
Kong and other overseas territories, the provisions of the 1967 Act
mentioned in para. 2(a) above were, with appropriate modifications,
extended to Hong Kong and those territories by the Tokyo Convention
Act 1967 (Overseas Territories) Order 1968 ("the 1968 Order").
Provision similar to that mentioned in para. 2 (b) above was made in
respect of Hong Kong and other overseas territories by the
Extradition (Tokyo Convention) Order 1971 ("the 1971 Extradition
Order").
4.
On 10 September 1992 the Chinese side informed the British
side that the Chinese side agreed in principle to the continued
application of the Convention to the Hong Kong Special
Administrative Region after 1997. Discussions will in due course
take place in the International Rights and obligations sub-group of
the Joint Liaison Group on the action to be taken by the two sides
to ensure the continued application to the Hong Kong Special
Administrative Region after 30 June 1997 of the international rights
and obligations affecting Hong Kong which arise out of the
Convention. Meanwhile, it is appropriate that those rights and
obligations should be implemented in Hong Kong's domestic law by
legislation which can continue in force after 30 June 1997.