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58.

penalties could be enforced in the interests of the

Customs. A clause was added providing for legal proceedings brought by the Hongkong Government against

the defaulter in the Hongkong courts. The Attorney- General observed that it was very unusual to enforce

the revenues laws of another state.

63.

In Article 16, dealing with duration of the agreement, the Governor suggested 10 years instead of five (the draft was altered accordingly) and as

regards the nationality of the Commissioner, the

Governor insisted he should be a British subject

"acceptable to the Hongkong Government". New

Articles were inserted in the agreement dealing with

the cost of legal proceedings, the cost of seizures,

the cost of loss or damage to goods seized while

under detention, all of which was to be borne by the

Customs. An article was added saying that nothing

in the agreement was to affect the right of the

Hongkong authorities to make seizures authorised by

the law of the Colony.

that the salaries of officers engaged by the Hongkong

Government for the purpose of legalising seizures

made in Hongkong territory on behalf of the Customs,

should be refunded by the Customs, and such officers

were to be entitled to share in rewards for seizures.

The same conditions were to apply, mutatis mutandis,

in cases of seizures on behalf of the Hongkong

Government.

64.

Lastly, it was stipulated

The draft was therefore revised, in accord-

ance with this discussion, by a drafting committee

of Hongkong and Customs officials (it was later

further examined and slight emendations were

/made