1997. The British side therefore proposes to introduce a Bill to
localise those provisions. The localising Ordinance, if enacted,
will make it an offence in Hong Kong for a person, of whatever
nationality, to do any act, in Hong Kong or elsewhere, which
constitutes the offence of hostage-taking, and make ancillary
provisions.
6.
The localising Ordinance will not confer on an authority
in Hong Kong any powers formerly held by an authority in the United
Kingdom. It will however, if enacted, have extraterritorial effect
in that, as required by the Convention, an offence under the
Ordinance committed outside Hong Kong will be an offence under Hong
Kong law and triable by the Hong Kong courts if the offender is
brought within the jurisdiction of those courts.
Fugitive Offenders
7.
As mentioned in para. 3 above, provision to make offences
under the 1982 Act extraditable in Hong Kong was made by the 1985
Extradition Order which, in relation to States in respect of which
the Convention is in force, made such offences extraditable under
the Extradition Acts 1870 to 1935. As the Chinese side is aware,
the 1985 Extradition Order and all similar Orders will lapse on 30
June 1997 and discussions have therefore taken place between the
British and Chinese sides on the legal arrangements for the
surrender of fugitive offenders to and from Hong Kong after that
date. A consultation paper on the British side's proposals for a
Surrender of Fugitive Offenders Bill was handed over to the Chinese