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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 14TH MAY, 1881.
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Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxemburg, having judged it expedient, with a view to the better administration of justice and to the prevention of crime within the territories of Her Britannic Majesty and the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, that persons charged with or convicted of the crimes hereinafter enumerated, and being fugitives from justice, should, under certain circumstances, be reciprocally delivered up, their said Majesties have named as their Plenipotentiaries to conclude a Treaty for this purpose, that is to say:
Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Honourable William Stuart, a Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, as Grand Duke of Luxemburg;
And His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxemburg, Baron Felix de Blochausen, Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown of Oak, Chevalier of the Second Class of the Order of the Golden Lion of the House of Nassau, &c., &c., his Minister of State, President of the Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg;
Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon and concluded the following Articles :-
ARTICLE I.
Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland engages to deliver up, under the circumstances and on the conditions stipulated in the present Treaty, all persons, and His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxemburg, so far as concerns the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, engages to deliver up under the like circumstances and conditions all persons, excepting subjects of the Grand Duchy, who, having been charged with, or convicted by the Tribunals of one of the two High Contracting Parties of any of the crimes or offences enumerated in Article II committed in the territory of the one party, shall be found within the territory of the other.
ARTICLE II.
The crimes for which the extradition is to be granted are the following:--
1. Murder (including assassination, parricide, infanticide, poisoning, or attempt to murder). 2. Manslaughter.
3. Administering drugs or using instruments with intent to procure the miscarriage of women. 4. Rape.
5. Aggravated or indecent assault. Carnal knowledge of a girl under the age of ten years; carnal knowledge of a girl above the age of ten years and under the age of twelve years; indecent assault upon any female or any attempt to have carnal knowledge of a girl under twelve years of age.
6. Kidnapping and false imprisonment, child stealing, abandoning, exposing, or unlawfully detaining children.
7. Abduction of minors.
8. Bigamy.
9. Wounding, or inflicting grievous bodily harm.
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10. Assaulting a magistrate or peace or public officer.
11. Threats by letter or otherwise with intent to extort money or other things of value.
12. Perjury, or subornation of perjury.
13. Arson.
14. Burglary, or housebreaking, robbery with violence, larceny or embezzlement.
15. Fraud by a bailee, banker, agent, factor, trustee, director, member, or public officer of any company, made criminal by any law for the time being in force.
16. Obtaining money, valuable security, or goods by false pretences; receiving any money, valuable security, or other property, knowing the same to have been unlawfully obtained.
17. (a.) Counterfeiting or altering money, or bringing into circulation counterfeited or altered money; (b.) Forgery, or counterfeiting or altering or uttering what is forged, counterfeited, or altered; (c) Knowingly making without lawful authority any instrument, tool, or engine adapted and intended for the counterfeiting of coin of the realm.
18. Crimes against Bankruptcy Law:
19. Any malicious act done with intent to endanger persons in a railway train.
20. Malicious injury to property, if such offence be indictable.
The extradition is also to take place for participation in any of the aforesaid crimes, as an accessory before or after the fact, provided such participation be punishable by the laws of both Contracting Parties.