"No British Subject shall commit any Crime in China shall be tried and punished by the Consul or other Public functionary authorised there to according to the Laws of Great Britain. Xxt". If Criminals, "Subjects of China shall take refuge in Hongkong or board the British Ships there they shall on due requisition by the Chinese Authorities be searched for, proof of their guilt and delivered up.
"In like manner Chinese Offenders take refuge in or on board the vessels or in the houses of British Subjects at the open ports, they shall not be harbored or concealed, but shall be delivered up on due requisition by the Chinese authorities, addressed to the British Consul.
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