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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 14TH JUNE, 1873.
EXTRADITION.
Order in Council, dated March 24, 1873, for carrying into effect a Treaty between Her Majesty and the King of Italy for the Mutual Serrender of Fugitive Criminals, signed at Rome, February 5, 1873.
At the Court at Windsor, the 24th day of March, 1873.
Present:
THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MEJESTY IN COUNCIL.
Whercas by an Act of Parliament made and passed in the Session of Parliament holden in the thirty-third and thirty-fourth years of the reign of Her present Majesty, intituled "An Act for amending the Law relating to the Excradition of Criminals," 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, Her Majesty may, by Order in Council, direct that the said Act shall apply in the case of such foreign State; and that Her 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 Her 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 a Treaty was concluded on the fifth day of February last between Her Majesty and the King of Italy for the Mutual Extradition of Fugitive Criminals, which Treaty is in the terms following:---
Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and His Majesty the King of Italy, having judged it expedient, with a view to the better administration of justice, and to the prevention of crime within their respective territories, that persons charged with or convicted of the crimes hereinafter enumerated, and being fugitives from justice, should, under certain cir- cumstances, 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, Sir Augustus Berkeley Paget, Her Majesty's Envoy Extraordi- nary and Minister Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the King of Italy;
And His Majesty the King of Italy, the Noble Emilio Visconti Venosta, Deputy in the Parliament, and Minister Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon and concluded the fol- lowing Articles:-
ARTICLE I.
The High Contracting Parties engage to deliver up to each other reciprocally any persons who, being accused or convicted of any of the crimes specified in the Article following, committed within the territory of either of the said Parties, shall be found within the territory of the other, in the manner and under the conditions determined in the present Treaty.
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ARTICLE II.
The crimes for which the extradition is agreed to are the following:-
1. Murder, or attempt or conspiracy to murder, comprising the crimes designated by the Italian Penal Code as the association of criminals for the commission of such offences.
Sua Maestà la Regina del Regno Unito della Gran Bretagna ed Irlanda, e Sua Maestà il Re d'Italia, avendo giudicato conveniente per la migliore amministrazione della giustizia e per prevenire i reati nei loro rispettivi territorî, che le persone imputate o condannate per i reati qui appresso enumerati, e che cerchino sottrarsi alla giustizia, sieno, in certi casi, reciprocamente con- segnate; le Loro prefate Maestà hanno nominato come Loro Plenipotenziari per conchiudere un Trattato a questo scopo, cioè:-
Sua Maestà la Regina del Regno Unito della Gran Bretagna ed Irlanda, Sir Augustus Berkeley Paget, Suo Inviato Straordinario e Ministro Ple- nipotenziario presso Sua Maestà il Re d'Italia;
E Sua Maestà il Re d'Italia, il Nobile Emilio Visconti Venosta, Deputato al Parlamento, Suo Ministro Segretario di Stato per gli Affari Esteri; I quali, dopo essersi communicati i loro res- pettivi pieni poteri, trovati in buona e debita forma, hanno convenuto e conchiuso gli Articoli seguenti:--
ARTICOLO I.
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Le Alte Parti Contraenti si obbligano di con- segnarsi reciprocainente coloro i quali essendo im- putati o condannati per uno dei reati indicati nel seguente Articolo, commesso nel territorio di una di esse Parti, saranno trovati nel territorio del- l'altra, nei modi e con le condizioni stabilite nel presente Trattato.
ARTICOLO II.
I reati pei quali è convenuta la estradizione sono i seguenti:-
assassinare, comprendente i reati designati dal 1. Assassinio, o tentativo o cospirazione per Codice Penale Italiano siccome associazione di malfattori per la perpetrazione di tali reati.