TNAG-2582-FCO40-3770-Extradition-agreements-between-Hong-Kong-and-the-Netherlands-1992 — Page 14

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1992-06-12

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SECURITY BRANCH

No 002 44 71 270 33 87

FAX

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香港下定厘無道

Security Branch

GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT

LOWER ALBLRT ROAD HONG KONG

(16) in SBCR 3/1/2716/80 (91) II

Tel:

810 2448

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系所鱨號 Your Ret

Mr R Bunten

Hong Kong Department FCO

4KC 384/4

12 June 1992

Dear Mr Bunten

CM

We have received from the Dutch Consul-General here a Dutch text of the Hong Kong/Netherlands Initialled Agreement Unfortunately, it probably on Surrender of Fugitive Offenders. does not reflect the following changes which we have agreed with

them:

(a)

first preambular paragraph punctuation should be '

(line 4): 1 instead of ';';

the

(b)

(c)

it should read on every person in accordance

third preambular paragraph: "recalling the rights conferred involved

criminal proceedings

in

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(Telno

with generally recognized standards; 1028 from HK to FCO dated 10 April 1992 refers);

word

Article 2(1)(ix): the

should "dangerous" (Telno 06 from Hague be replaced by "narcotic" to Hong Kong dated 29 July 1991 copied to refers);

you

Article 7(c): the last word should be "treaties"

(Telno 1028 as

above); instead of "law"

(b) per

(a)

and

(e)

Article 9(1) (line 3): the word "requested" should be replaced by "requesting" (Telno 06 of (c) above refers).

I should be grateful

Notwithstanding the above points, I should be if you could let me know whether the rest of the Dutch text is in order or not. Subject to your comments, we may then send the finalized Dutch text to the Chinese side.

May I have your comments by 26 June, please?

Yours sincerely

Cha philip Chan)

for Secretary for Security

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LO(IL)

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