THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 4, 1927.
ARTICLE 16.
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Each of the High Contracting Parties shall defray the expenses occasioned by the arrest within its territories, the detention, and the conveyance to its frontier, of the per- sons whom it may have consented to surrender in pursuance of the present treaty.
The cost of supplying translations of the documents forwarded in support of the requisition under articles 8 and 12 shall be defrayed by the party claiming extradition.
ARTICLE 17.
The stipulations of the present treaty shall be applicable, so far as the laws permit, to all His Britannic Majesty's Dominions, except to the self-governing Dominions herein- after named-that is to say, the Dominion of Canada, the Commonwealth of Australia (including for this purpose Papua and Norfolk Island), the Dominion of New Zealand, the Union of South Africa, the Irish Free State, and Newfoundland and India, pro- vided always that the said stipulations shall be applicable to any of the above-named Dominions or India in respect of which notice to that effect shall have been given on behalf of the Government of such Dominion or India by His Britannic Majesty's Repre- sentative in the Czechoslovak Republic, and provided also that it shall be competent for either of the Contracting Parties to terminate separately the application of this treaty to any of the above-named Dominions or India by a notice to that effect not exceeding one year and not less than six months.
ARTICLE 18.
The requisition for the surrender of a fugitive criminal, who has taken refuge in any of His Britannic Majesty's self-governing Dominions, Colonies, or Possessions to which this treaty applies shall be made to the Governor-General, Governor, or chief authority, of such self-governing Dominion, Colony, or Possession by the chief consular officer of the Czechoslovak Republic in such self-governing Dominion, Colony, or Posses sion.
Such requisition may be disposed of, subject always, as nearly as may be, and so far as the law of such self-governing Dominion, Colony, or Possession will allow, to the provisions of this treaty, by the said Governor-General, Governor, or chief authority, who, however, shall be at liberty either to grant the surrender or to refer the matter to His Britannic Majesty's Government.
Requisitions for the surrender of a fugitive criminal emanating from any self- governing Dominion, Colony, or Possession of His Britannic Majesty shall be governed- as far as possible, by the rules laid down in the preceding articles of the present treaty.,
ARTICLE 19.
It is understood that the stipulations of the two preceding articles apply in the same manner as if they were possessions of His Britannic Majesty, to the following British Protectorates, that is to say, the Bechuanaland Protectorate, Gambia Protectorate, Kenya Protectorate, Nigeria Protectorate, Northern Rhodesia, Northern Territories of the Gold Coast, Nyasaland, Sierra Leone Protectorate, Soloman Islands Protectorate, Somaliland Protectorate, Swaziland, Uganda Protectorate and Zanzibar.
It is also understood that if, after the signature of the present treaty, it is considered advisable to extend its provisions to any British protectorates other than those mentioned above, or to any British-protected State, or to any territory in respect of which a mandate on behalf of the League of Nations has been accepted by His Britannic Majesty, the stipulations of the two preceding articles shall be deemed to apply to such proteciorates or States or mandated territories from the date prescribed in the notes to be exchanged for the purpose of effecting such extension.
It is further understood that the provisions of the present treaty which apply to British subjects shall be deemed also to apply to natives of any British protectorate or protected State or mandated territory to which the stipulations of the two preceding articles apply or shall hereafter apply.
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