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The existing authority for extradition
between Hong Kong and China is Article 21 of the
Treaty of Tientsin, 1858. The substance of
this Article is contained in the preamble to the
Chinese Extradition Ordinance of Hong Kong
(Ordinance No.7 of 1889). This ordinance as
amended by the Chinese Extradition Amendment
Ordinance 1927 (No.17 of 1927) was passed in
order to implement the Treaty in Hong Kong
or, as stated in the second part of the preamble
to the 1889 Ordinance. "for the more effective
carrying out of the said Treaty in relation to
the surrender of criminals, subjects of China,
who