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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 4, 1910. 55
His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and
of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India :
His Excellency the Right Honourable Sir Francis Bertie, His Ambassador extra-
ordinary and plenipotentiary to the French Republic, etc. ;
And the President of the French Republic:
M. Stephen Pichon, Senator, Minister of Foreign Affairs:
Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, found
in good and due form, have agreed upon the following articles:
ARTICLE 1.
Article II of the Extradition Treaty of August 14th, 1876, is modified as follows: "Each of the two High contracting Parties shall be at liberty to refuse to the other the extradition of its own nationals. In the case, however, of a person who, since the commission of the crime or offence of which he is accused, or for which he has been convicted, has become naturalized in the country whence the surrender is sought, such naturalization shall not prevent the pursuit, arrest and extradition of such person, in conformity with the stipulations of the present Treaty."
ARTICLE 2.
The present Convention shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at
Paris, as soon as possible.
It shall come into force ten days after its publication in the manner prescribed by law in the respective countries, and shall have the same force and duration as the Treaty to which it relates.
In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the present Con-
vention, and have affixed thereto their seals.
Done, in duplicate, at Paris, on the 17th October, 1908.
(L.S.) FRANCIS BERTIE. (L.S.) S. PICHON.
And whereas an Agreement was conduded on the 31st day of December, 1889, between the Government of Her late Britannic Majesty and the Government of the French Republic, acting in the name of the Government of His Highness the Bey of Timis, for extending the provisions of the aforesaid Treaty of the 14th August, 1876, to Tunis, in the case of which Agreement the Extradition Acts, 1870 and 1873, were applied by Order in Council of the 1st May, 1890:
And whereas a further Agreement was concluded on the 29th July, 1909, between Our Government and the Government of the French Republic, acting in its own name and in that of the Government of His Highness the Bey of Tunis, which Agreement is in the terms following :-
The Government of His Britannic Majesty, on the one part,
And the Government of the French Republic, acting in its own name and in that
of the Government of His Highness the Bey of Tunis, on the other part, Having regard to the Agreement of December 31st. 1889, which extends the provisions of the Anglo-French Extradition Treaty of August 14th, 1876, to Tunis, have agreed as follows:
The provisions of the Anglo-French Extradition Convention of October 17th,
1908, modifying Article 2 of the Anglo-French Extradition Convention of August 14th, 1876, shall apply to Tunis.
The present Agreement shall come into force at the same time as the aforesaid
Convention of October 17th, 1908, and shall have the same duration.