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Agreement between the Government of Hong Kong

and the Government of Canada for the

Surrender of Fugitive Offenders

Record of Negotiations (28 31 October 1991)

Canada Delegation

Mr D W (Don) Smith

Mr Keith Morrill Mr Jacques Lemire

Mr WH (Bill) Corbett QC

Hong Kong Delegation

Mr David Edwards

Mr Michael Hartmann Mr John Hunter Mr Chris Newall

Mr Alasdair Sinclair

Mr Philip Chan

Director, Legal Advisory Division & Head of Canada Delegation EAITC, Legal Advisory Division Counsel, Criminal Prosecutions Section, Dept of Justice

Senior General Counsel, Dept of Justice

Head of Hong Kong Delegation & International Law Officer Attorney General's Chambers

International Law Division, Legal Dept International Law Division, Legal Dept Principal Assistant Secretary,

Security Branch

Assistant Secretary for Security, Security Branch

PREAMBLE

The third preambular paragraph was added at the request of the Canadian side to emphasise that agreements for the surrender of fugitive offenders depend on the Parties having mutual respect for ech other's legal system.

ARTICLE 1

2.

No substantive change. The article was recast to avoid ambiguity caused by use of the word 'jurisdiction' in the model.

ARTICLE 2

3.

Canada acepted our arguments for having a list of

offences.

4.

Several offences were added to the list to reflect the Canadian criminal code and some were amended to achieve the generic approach favoured by Canada. The principal changes

are