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borne with equanimity the
inconveniences arising from
the existing system. I have the honour to be,
My Lord, Your Lordship's Most Obedient
Bumble Servant,
GWder Vaux
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Report by the Actg. Attorney General on Ordinance, Ng, 26P of 1889.
Copy.
Attorney General's Office,
1st. July, 1889.
I have examined the accompanying Ordinance,
entitled * The Chinese Extradition Ordinance 1889 and
1 am of opinion that the Ordinance is one which is not
contrary to the Governor's instructions.
The object of this Ordinance is to improve the
procedure and practice before Magistrates in relation to
the surrender of Chinese Criminals.
The draft of this Ordinance was approved in England
and sent here for introduction, and the Ordinance is with
three exceptions and some alteration in the orders of the
sections the same as the Draft.
The first exception is to be found in section 11
and the alteration is in the latter part, which requires
the Magistrate in reporting on a case where he has commit
ted a fugitive criminal to Gaol, specially to report in
regard
(a) To the lapse of time since the commission of
the crime
(b) To the length of residence in the Colony of and
the character of the criminal, and
(c) To any circumstances throwing suspicion on the
origin or nature of the charge made.
The second exception is in section 13, where at the
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