1258 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JULY 13, 1906.
ARTICLE X.
The extradition shall not take place before the expiration of fifteen days from the apprehension, and then only if the evidence be found sufficient, according to the laws of the State applied to, either to justify the committal of the prisoner for trial, in case the crime has been committed in the territory of the said State, or to prove that the prisoner is the identical person convicted by the Courts of the State which makes the requisition.
ARTICLE XI.
In the examinations which they have to make in accordance with the foregoing stipula- tious, the authorities of the State applied to shall admit as entirely valid evidence the sworn depositions or statements of witnesses taken in the other State, or copies thereof, and like- wise the warrants and sentences issued therein, provided such documents are signed or certified by a Judge, Magistrate, or officer of such State, and are authenticated by the oath of some witness, or by being sealed with the official seal of the Minister of Justice, or some other Minister of State.
ARTICLE XII.
If sufficient evidence for extradition be not produced within two months from the date of the apprehension of the fugitive, he shall be set at liberty.
ARTICLE XIII.
All articles seized which were in the possession of the person to be surrendered at the time of his apprehension shall, if the competent authority of the State applied to for the extradition has ordered the delivery thereof, be given up when the extradition takes place ; and the said delivery shall extend, not merely to the stolen articles, but to everything that may serve as a proof of the crime.
ARTICLE XIV.
The High Contracting Parties renounce any claim for the reimbursement of the expen- ses incurred by them in the arrest and maintenance of the person to be surrendered and his conveyance till placed on board ship; they reciprocally agree to bear such expenses themselves.
ARTICLE XV,
The stipulations of the present Treaty shall be applicable to the Colonies and foreign possessions of His Britannic Majesty. The requisition for the surrender of a fugitive crimi- nal, who has taken refuge in any of such Colonies or foreign possessions, shall be made to the Governor or Chief authority of such Colony or possession by the chief Consular officer of Nicaragua in such Colony or possession.
Such requisitions may be disposed of (subject always, as nearly as may be, to the pro- visions of this Treaty) by the said Governor or chief authority, who, however, shall be at liberty either to grant the surrender or to refer the matter to his Government.
His Britannic Majesty shall, however, be at liberty to make special arrangements in the British Colonies and foreign possessions for the surrender of Nicaraguan criminals who may take refuge within such Colonies and foreign possessions, on the basis, as nearly as may be, of the provisions of the present Treaty.
The requisition for the surrender of a fugitive criminal from any Colony or foreign possession of His Britannic Majesty shall be governed by the rules laid down in the preced- ing Articles of the present Treaty.
ARTICLE XVI.
The present Treaty shall come into force ten days after its publication, in conformity with the forms prescribed by the laws of the High Contracting Parties. It may be termi- nated by either of the High Contrating Parties by a notice not exceeding one year, and not less than six months.
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