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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 4, 1927.

ARTICLE 20.

The present treaty, of which the English and Czechoslovak texts are equally authentic, shall come into force forty days after the date on which ratifications are exchanged. It may be terminated by either of the High Contracting Parties by a notice not exceeding one year and not less than six months.

It shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at London as soon as possible.

In witness whereof the respective plenipotentiaries have signed the treaty and have affixed thereto their respective seals.

Done at London the eleventh day of November, in the year 1924.

(LS)) (L.S.)

W. TYRRELL. DR. EMIL SPIRA.

And whereas a Protocol was signed on the 4th day of June, 1926, in the terms following:--

Protocol.

Ir being considered necessary to amend Article 12 of the Extradition Treaty between His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, and the President of the Czechoslovak Republic, which was signed at London on November 11, 1924, the under- signed Plenipotentiaries have agreed that that Article shall be amended to read as follows:-

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Warrants, depositions and all other documents and copies thereof shall be accepted as evidence in support of a claim for extradition if they are signed or certified by a competent authority and are authenticated in the United Kingdom by the seal of a Secretary of State, and in the Czechoslovak Republic by the seal of the Minister of Justice or other Minister of State."

The present Protocol shall have the same force and duration as the Extradition Treaty of November 11, 1924, to which it relates. It shall be ratified at the same time as that Treaty, of which it shall be regarded as an integral part.

In witness whereof the respective 'Plenipotentiaries have signed the present Protocol and have affixed thereto their seals.

Done in duplicate at London, the 4th June, 1926.

(L.S.) (L.S.)

AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN.

JAN MASARYK.

And whereas the ratifications of the said Treaty and Protocol were exchanged at London on the 5th day of November, 1926:

Now, therefore, His Majesty, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, and in virtue of the authority committed to him by the said recited Acts, doth order, and it is hereby ordered, that from and after the 15th day of December, 1926, the said Acts shall apply in the case of the Czechoslovak Republic, under and in accordance with the said Treaty of the 11th November, 1924, as amended by the said Protocol of the 4th June, 1926.