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ARTICLE 3

CENTRAL AUTHORITIES

A central authority shall transmit and receive all

requests for the purposes of this Agreement. The central

authority for Hong Kong shall be the Attorney General or a

duly authorised official; the central authority for Canada

shall be the Minister of Justice or an official designated by

that Minister.

ARTICLE 4

TYPES OF ASSISTANCE

1.

The Parties may make requests for information and

evidence for the purposes of an investigation or proceedings.

2.

Assistance which may be given under this Article

includes but is not limited to

(a) providing information, documents and records;

(b) taking of evidence, obtaining of statements and

requiring persons to produce documents, records or

other material for transmission to the Requesting

Party;

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