THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, OCTOBER 16, 1931. 711
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEpartment.
No. 654. The following Order of His Majesty in Council which appeared in the London Gazette of the 14th August, 1931, is published for general information.
16th October, 1931.
W. T. SOUTHORN,
Colonial Secretary.
AT THE COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE,
THE 11TH DAY OF AUGUST, 1931.
PRESENT:
THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.
LORD PRESIDENT.
VISCOUNT LEE OF FAREIAM.
LORD RUSSELL OF KILLOWEN.
MR. SECRETARY SHAW.
WHEREAS by the Extradition Acts, 1870 (33 and 31 Viet. c. 52) to 1906 (G Edw.
c. 15) 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 qualifications as may be deemed expedient :
And whereas Treaty arrangements exist between His Majesty and foreign States set forth in the accompanying Schedule for the mutual extradition of fugitive criminals which have been duly put in force by Order in Council :
And whereas there was concluded on the fourth day of May, 1910, between His Majesty and the foreign States enumerated therein among which are those set forth in the accompanying Schedule, a convention for the suppression of the White Slave Traffic which contains Articles in the terms following:-
"ARTICLE 1.
Doit être puni quiconque, pour satisfaire les passions d'autrui, a embauché entrainé ou détourné, même avec son consentement, une femme ou fille mineure, en vue de la débauche, alors même que les divers actes qui sont les éléments constitutifs de l'infraction auraient été accomplis dans des pays différents.
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'ARTICLE 2.
"Doit être aussi puni quiconque, pour satisfaire les passions d'autrui, a par fraude ou à l'aide de violences, menaces, abus d'autorité, ou tout autre moyen de contrainte, embauché, entrainé ou détourné une femme ou fille majeure en vue de la débauche, alors même que les divers actes qui sont les éléments constitutifs de l'infraction auraient été accomplis dans des pays différents.
"ARTICLE 5.
"Les infractions prévues par les articles 1 et 2 scrout, à partir du jour de l'entrée en vigueur de la présente Convention, reputées être inscrites de plein droit au nombre des infractions donnant lieu à extradition d'après les Conventions déjà existantes cutre les Parties contractantes.