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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 21ST DECEMBER, 1872.
5.
(GOVERNOR'S ORDER OF RELEASE.) * The Foreign Offenders Detention Ordinance, 1872.
By His Excellency
and Commander-in-Chief of this Colony and its Dependencies.
To the Superintendent of Victoria Gaul. Whereas one
Governor
is now in your Custody
under the Provisions of the above Ordinance; And Whereas it has been deter- mined that no Order shall be granted for the Delivery of the said Offender; You are hereby ordered to release the said
from Custody under the said Ordinance.
Given under my Hand and the Public Seal of the Colony, at Victoria,
Hongkong, this
By Order,
Colonial Secretary.
Day of L.S.
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Governor, &c.
*If the Order of Release be issued after the Delivery of the Offender, this Form must be varied according to the Facts, and directed to the Person having the Custody of the Offender.
No. 234.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Copy of an Order of HER MAJESTY in Council, of the 15th October, 1872, for carrying into effect a Treaty between HER MAJESTY and the KING OF THE BELGIANS for the Mutual Surrender of Fugitive Criminals, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 16th December, 1872.
EXTRADITION.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Order in Council, dated October 15, 1872, for carrying into effect a Treaty between Her Majesty and the King of the Belgians, for the Mutual Surrender of Criminals, signed at Brussels, July 31, 1872.
AT the Court at Balmoral, the 15th day of October, 1872.
Present:
THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS 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 Extradition 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 subse- quent 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 thirty-first day of July last between Her Majesty and the King of the Belgians, for the Mutual Extradition of Fugitive Criminals, which Treaty is in the terms following:-
HER Majesty the Queen of the United King- dom of Great Britain and Ireland, and His Majesty the King of the Belgians, having judged it expe- dient, with a view to the more complete prevention of crime within their respective territories, that per- sons charged with or convicted of the crimes herein- after enumerated, and being fugitives from the justice of their country, should, under certain circumstances, be reciprocally delivered up; Their said Majesties have named as their Plenipoten- tiaries to conclude a Treaty for this purpose, that is to say:
Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, John Savile Lumley, Esquire, Her Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the King of the Belgians;
And His Majesty the King of the Belgians, the Count d'Aspremont Lynden, Officer of His
SA Majesté la Reine du Royaume Uni de Grande Bretagne et d'Irlande, et Sa Majesté le Roi des Belges, ayant jugé opportun, afin de mieux assurer la répression des crimes dans leurs territoires respectifs, de se livrer réciproquement, sous certaines conditions, les personnes accusées ou condamnées du chef des crimes ci-après énumérés et qui auraient fui la justice de leur pays; les dites Majestés ont nommé pour leurs Plénipotentiaires, à l'effet de conclure un Traité dans ce but, savoir:
Sa Majesté la Reine du Royaume Uni de Grande Bretagne et d'Irlande, John Savile Lumley, Esquire, Son Envoyé Extraordinaire et Ministre Plénipotentiaire près Sa Majesté le Roi des Belges:
Et Sa Majesté le Roi des Belges, le Comte d'Aspremont Lynden, Officier de Son Ordre de