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As it now stands I do not think it would apply to persons convicted in one part of Her Majesty's dominions of an offence committed in another part of Her Majesty's dominions, at sea, or in a Foreign Country; as for example to persons convicted under the provisions of section 19 of the Bill itself; not to persons convicted under the Merchant Shipping Act of offences committed at sea; nor to persons convicted in China or Japan, of offences committed in China or Japan under the provisions of the Chinese and Japan Order in Council 1865. I would therefore suggest that this section should be altered so as to include similar cases to those above referred to.
With regard to Section 3, I would submit that the warrant ought not to be issued solely on the authority of a Justice of the Peace. Taking into consideration the offences for which a warrant may be issued under Section 10; the probability that the Colony from which the warrant issues would have to pay the expenses of the return of the supposed offender; and the liability that may be incurred to the party arrested under Section 8, I do not think that such warrants should be issued or executed except upon the responsibility of the Government demanding the alleged offender.