TNAG-2570-FCO40-3756-Future-of-Hong-Kong-localisation-of-laws-surrender-of-fugit-1992 — Page 64

Miss Barrett

Legal Advisers

CONFIDENTIAL

HKC 370/14

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Reference.

R+R.

LOCALISATION OF FUGITIVE OFFENDERS LEGISLATION

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1. I attach a draft localisation of Fugitive Offenders Legislation paper. My only commemts on it are:

i) As it is presumably intended to apply to all of para 3, I think that the last tiret in that para should not be inset;

ii) We have, I recall, told the Chinese during the negotiations that we would consider wehter to include a right to instruct in the legislation if necessary. Obviously that would not operate pre-1997, but should it not be in the legislation anyway, and if so should we refer to it in this paper?

2. I should be grateful for any other views you might have on this paper and also for your comments on my minute of 29 July on the quetion of the Order in Council

разве

RAJ Bunten

Hong Kong Dept

WH 305 270-2655

11 August 1992

Mr Bunten

This

paper

locky ok.

2.

I agree that the last tiret of para 3 shld not be

inget.

whether it would be

to

3.

CODE 18.77

necessay

It is difficult to say include an express night to instruct in the legislatier,

CONFIDENTIAL draft text. I think it is better not to merten it to the Chinese so as to avoid Committing auselves either

without seeing

а

way,

HKG what their current thinking is on this point,

However, you could ask

21/8/92

Jill Banett