Isuerpretadon.
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(8) on his trial for that offence, he is acquitted or discharged absolutely
or conditionally,
the Governor may, if he thinks fit, on the request of that person, arrange for him to be sent back free of charge and with as little delay as possible to the country from which he was returned.
Supplemental
19. (1) in this Act the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them that is to say:
"Act" means, in relation to the United Kingdom, the Fugitive Offenders Act 1967 and, in relation to Hong Kong or to any other United King- dom dependency, that Act as extended to Hong Kong or, as the case may be, to that other dependency;
"application for habeas corpus” means an application for a writ of hybegs
corpus ad subjiciendum,
"country" includes any territory;
"dealt with" means tried or returned or surrendered to any country or detained with a view to trial or with a view to such return or Aurtender; "designated Commonwealth country" and "United Kingdom dependency"
have the meanings assigned by section 2 of this Act,
"Full Court" means the Full Court of Hong Kong;
"Govermor", in relation to any country other than Hong Kong or a country mentioned in subsection (2) of this section, means the person or persons administering the government of that country:
"Governor", în relation to Hong Kong, means the Governor of Hong Kong and includes any person or persons administering the government of Hang Kon
"Umprisonment” includes detention of any description;
"permanent magistrate" means a person appointed to be a permanent
magistrate under the Magistrates Ordinance;
"race" includes tribe:
"Supreme Court" means the Suprente Court of Hong Kong: "United Kingdom" includes the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.
(2) In this Act references to the Governor shall be construed:·
(a) in relation to Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, the Northern Trucial States and Qatar as teferences to Her Majesty's Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and includes any person authorised to act for him;
(b) in relation to Brunei as references to the Government of Brunei;
(c) in relation to the New Hebrides as references to Her Majesty's High Commissioner for the Westem Pacific and, to the extent that authority to perform functions under this Act may be assigned by the High Commissioner to the Resident Commissioner for the New Hebrides, to the Resident Commissioner;
(d) in relation to Swaziland as references 10 Her Majesty's Commis-
sioner for Swaziland;
(c) in relation to Tonga as references to the Premier fo Tonga.
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(3) For the purposes of this Act a person convicted of an offence in hia absence shall be treated as a person accused of that offence.
21. (1) Subject to the provisions of this section, the cagctalents described in Schedule 2 to this Act are hereby repealed as respects Hong Kong to the extent specifled in the third column of that Schedule.
(2) The repeals effected by subsection (1) of this section shall not affect the operation of the Fugitive Offenders Act 1881(a) in any case where, before the date on which that subsection comes into force, a warrant endorsed under section 3 of that Act, or a provisional warrant issued under section 4 of that Act, has been executed in Hong Kong:
Provided that for the purposes of proceedings under thai Act—
() in respect of a fugitive from a designated Commonwealth country or from the Republic of Ireland, section 401) of this Act shall apply as if...
(a) for the reference to this Act there were substituted a
reference to that Act; and
(b) for references to the court of committal and the order of committal there were substituted references to the magistrale before wham that person is brought under section 5 of that Act and the order of that magistrate;
(ii) in respect of a fugitive from the United Kingdom or a United Kingdom dependency, the Governor shall have the same dixcre- tion to make no order for return if he considers, on any such grounds as are mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (e) of section 401) of this Act that the order ought not to be made, as he would have under section 93) of this Act in proceedings under this Act.
(3) Without prejudice to subsection (2) of this section, this Act applies to offences committed before as well as after the coming into force of this Act
22. (1) The provisions of this Act other than this section shall come into force on guch date as the Govemor may by order appoint.
(2) Different dates may be appointed under this section for different provisions of this Act, and different dates may be so appointed for any such provision or provisions in relation to different countries.
SCHEDULES.
SCHEDULE 1.
Descruption of Relevant Offences in Designated ComMOS WEALTH COUNTRIES OR THE REPUBLIC OF IRELANDA
1. Murder of any degree.
2. Manslaughter or culpable homicide.
3. An offence against the law relating to abortion.
4. Maliciously or wilfully wounding or inflicting grievous bodily harm.
5. Assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
( 1881 c. 69.
Repenly and TELLIGOS! provisione.
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