Extradition (Hong Kong).

1873,

First Schedule to the Extradition Act, 1870, was extended to divers crimes by the Extradition Act, to slave trade offences by the Slave Trade Act, 1873, to bribery by the Extradition Act, 1906, to offences relating to dangerous drugs by the Extradition Act, 1932, and to offences in connexion with counterfeit currency by the Counterfeit Currency (Convention) Act, 1935. AND WHEREAS it is expedient to provide a more convenient method of administering the Extradition Acts, 1870 and 1873, as so extended, in this Colony:

[CAP. 236

c. 60, s. 8.

36 & 37 Vict. c. 39, s. 1.

36 & 37 Vict. & Ed. 7, c. 15, s. 1.

22 & 23 Geo. 5, c. 25, s. 4.

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Extradition (Hong Kong) Ordinance.

Short title.

2. All powers vested in or acts authorized or required to be done under the Extradition Acts, 1870 and 1873, as so extended, by the Secretary of State, in relation to the surrender of a fugitive criminal, may, in respect of the Colony, be exercised and done by the Governor.

Powers of Secretary of State to be exercised by Governor.

3. All powers vested in or acts authorized or required to be done under the Extradition Acts, 1870 and 1873, as so extended, by the police magistrate, in relation to the surrender of a fugitive criminal, may, in respect of the Colony, be exercised and done by any magistrate.

Powers of police magistrate to be exercised by magistrates.

4. Every prison for the time being set apart as such under the Prisons Ordinance (Cap. 234), shall be a prison for the purposes of this Ordinance and of the Extradition Acts, 1870 and 1873, as so extended.

Prisons for extradition.

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