THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 6, 1935.
No. 670.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEpartment.
The following Order, of His Majesty in Council which appears in the London Gazette of the 16th July, 1935, is published for general information.
N. L. SMITH,
Colonial Secretary.
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6th September, 1935.
AT THE COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE, THE 15TH DAY of July, 1935.
PRESENT,
THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by the Extradition Acts, 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 52) to 1932 (22 & 23 Geo. V. c. 39), it was, amongst other things, enacted that, where an arrangement has been made with any foreign State with respect to the surrender to such State of any fugitive criminals, His Majesty may, by Order in Council, direct that the said Acts shall apply in the case of such foreign State; and that His Majesty may, by the same or any subsequent Order, limit the operation of the Order, and restrict the same to fugitive criminals who are in or suspected of being in the part of His Majesty's dominions specified in the Order, and render the operation thereof subject to such conditions, exceptions and qualifica- tions as may be deemed expedient :
And whereas a Treaty was signed on the 26th day of November, 1880, between Her late Majesty Queen Victoria and the Swiss Federal Council for the mutual extradition of fugitive criminals, which Treaty was amended by a Conven- tion signed on the 29th day of June, 1904 :
And whereas the said Treaty and Convention was duly ratified. (See Statutory Rules and Orders 1881 and 1905, No. 616).
And whereas a further Convention was signed on the 19th day of December, 1934, between His Majesty and the Swiss Federal Council, which Convention is in the terms following:--
His Majesty the King of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, and the Swiss Federal Council, desiring to make further provision for the reciprocal extradition of fugitive criminals have resolved to conclude a Supplementary Convention to this end and for this purpose have appointed as their Plenipoten- tiaries :
His Majesty the King of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India:
For Great Britain and Northern Ireland :
Sir HOWARD KENNARD, His Majesty's Envoy Extra- ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Switzerland;
The Swiss Federal Council :
Mr. GIUSEPPE MOTTA, Federal Counsellor, Chief of
the Federal Political Department;
who, having communicated to each other their full powers found in good and due form have agreed as follows:
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