which the Convention is in force, made such offences extraditable
under the Extradition Acts 1870 to 1935. As the Chinese side is
aware, the 1979 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
side on 8 January 1993. If local legislation on the surrender of
fugitive offenders is in place when the localising Bill now proposed
by the British side is introduced, provisións will be included in
the Bill to repeal the 1979 Extradition Order and to bring offences
specified in the localising Ordinance within the scope of the
localised fugitive offenders legislation. If such legislation is
not in place when the localising Bill is introduced, the Bill will,
as a temporary measure, include an amendment to the 1979 Extradition
Order so that it will apply to offences specified in the localising
Ordinance rather than in the 1978 Act.
8.
The
As mentioned in para. 2 above, the 1978 Act added offences
in relation to protected persons to the Fugitive Offenders Act
1967. That Act governs the surrender of fugitive offenders to and
from Commonwealth jurisdictions and is applied to Hong Kong by the
Fugitive offenders (Hong Kong) Order 1967 ("the 1967 Order").
1967 Order will also lapse on 30 June 1997 as part of the law of
Hong Kong but will continue to apply until replaced by the local
legislation on the surrender of fugitive offenders referred to in
para. 7 above. If that legislation is in place when the localising