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and according to the directions therein contained, and instru-ments in those forms shall (as regards the form thereof) be valid and sufficient.
criminal to
to be a
China.
18. In all proceedings contemplated by this Ordinance every fugitive criminal for whose surrender a requisition is made shall be deemed to be a national of China unless he shall prove the contrary affirmatively: Provided that this section shall not be construed as imposing any obligation on the Governor or as binding the Crown in any manner whatsoever.
19. A certificate under the hand of the Colonial Secretary shall, upon production and without proof of the signature or any other proof, be conclusive evidence in any proceedings on any question relating to any declaration, opinion, or discretion, which the Governor is authorized by this Ordinance to make, form, or exercise, respectively.
to be
not to be
affected by change of Chinese authority.
20. A fugitive criminal shall be liable to be surrendered under and in accordance with the provisions of section 12 although the crime of which he is accused may have been committed within the jurisdiction of a Chinese authority other than the Chinese authority by whom the requisition was made, or other than the Chinese authority to whom he is to be surrendered, and although the Chinese authority to whom he is to be surrendered is not the Chinese authority by whom the requisition was made.
FIRST SCHEDULE.
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LIST OF EXTRADITION CRIMES.
1. Murder and attempt to murder.
2. Manslaughter.
3. Malicious wounding.
4. Counterfeiting or altering money, or uttering or bringing into circulation counterfeit or altered money.
5. Forgery, or counterfeiting, or altering, or uttering what is forged, or counterfeited, or altered, comprehending the crimes designated in the laws of the Colony as counterfeiting or falsification of paper money, bank notes, or other securities, forgery or other falsification of other public or private documents, likewise the uttering, or bringing into circulation, or wilfully using such counterfeited, forged, or falsified papers.
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