Explanatory Note.
(This Nate is not part of the rules, bur ir Intended to Indicate their general purport).
These rules amend the Supreme Court Fees Rules, in that they make provision for Court fees to be charged in the Admiralty jurisdiction of the Court consequential upon the revocation of the Supreme Court (Admiralty Procedure) Rules by the Rules of the Supreme Court 1967,
(Secretariat GR 39/2961/4601)
1967 Na. 1911.
FUGITIVE CRIMINAL.
The Fugitive Offenders (Hong Kong) Order 1967.
Made
20th December 1967,
Laid before Parliament
Coming into Operation
29th December 1967. 1st January 1968.
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 20th day of December 1967.
Present,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council.
Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by sections 17 and 20 of the Fugitive Offenders Act 1967(a), is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:
1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Fugitive Offenders (Hong Kong) Order 1967.
(2) This Order shall come into operation on 1st January 1968.
2. The Interpretation Act 1889(b) shall apply, with the necessary adaptations, for the purpose of interpreting this Order and otherwise in relation thereto as it applies for the purpose of interpreting, and in relation to, Acts of Parliament.
3. Sections 1 to 15. inclusive, 19, 21 and 22 of, and Schedules 1 and 2 to, the Fugitive Offenders Act 1967, modified and adapted as in the Schedule hereto, shall extend to Hong Kong:
Provided that nothing in those sections and schedules shall apply in relation to Southern Rhodesia.
4.
The Fugitive Offenders (Extension) Order 1967(c) is revoked in so far as it formas part of the law of Hong Kong.
Citation and CarTureneekent.
Interpretation.
Extension of Fugitive Offenders Act 1967 to Hong Koop
Revocation.
(a) 1967 a. 68.
(b) 1889 63.
(e) SJ. 1967/1303 (1967 11, p. 3772).
W. G. AGNEW,