No 328.
Sir,
RECEIVED
18 AUG 1927 COL.OFFICE
302091
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONGKONG.
14th July, 1927.
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I have the honour to address you on the
subject of a proposed amendment of the Chinese Extradition
Ordinance No.7 of 1889.
2.
In 1921, during the course of proceedings
against certain Chinese subjects whose extradition was sought
by the Canton Authorities, counsel for the fugitives
challenged the validity of the requisition on the ground that its maker, Chan Kwing Ming(), then Civil
Governor under Dr. Sun Yat Sen's regime, was not appointed
by the Peking Government and had in fact been proclaimed a
rebel against that Government. This legal point was not
decided because the case went off on the facts; but the argument seemed so likely to succeed, if pressed to an issue, that the Canton Authorities ceased for the time being to
apply for extradition from Hong Kong.
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3.
At the same time, it was obvious that the position was highly unsatisfactory. Hong Kong does not wish to harbour extraneous criminals, still less to afford an
argument in support of the constantly-repeated charge that foreign footholds in China are the refuge of China's rogues. An Ordinance (revised copy enclosed) was therefore drafted
giving the Governor of Hong Kong power to recognise as a
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
LIEUTENANT COLONEL L.C.M.S.
&C.,
&C.,
•
AMERY, M.P.,
&c.
valid
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