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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JUNE 9, 1933.
to await surrender shall be made, the said Governor or chief authority may, instead of issuing a warrant for the surrender of such fugitive, refer the matter to His Majesty's Govern- ment in the United Kingdom.
ARTICLE 20.
This Treaty shall 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, Solomon Islands Protectorate, Somaliland Protectorate, Swaziland, Uganda Protectorate and Zanzibar,, and to the following territories in respect of which a mandate on behalf of the League of Nations has been accepted by His Britannic Majesty, that is to say, Cameroons under British Mandate, Togoland under British Mandate, the Tanganyika Territory, Palestine, and Transjordan.
ARTICLE 21.
If after the signature of the present Treaty it is considered advisable to extend its provisions to any British Protectorates other than those mentioned in the preceding article 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, other than those mandated territories mentioned in Articles 18 and 20, the stipulations of Articles 18 and 19 shall be deemed to apply to such Protectorates or States or mandated territories from the date and in the manner prescribed in the notes to be exchanged for the purpose of effecting such extension.
ARTICLE 22.
The present Treaty shall come into force ten days after its publication, in conformity with the forms prescribed by the laws of the High Contracting Parties. It may be terminated by either of the High Contracting Parties by a notice not exceeding one year and not less than six months.
In the absence of an express provision to that effect, a notice given under the first paragraph of this article shall not affect the operation of the Treaty as between Iraq and any territory in respect of which notice of accession has been given under Article 18.
The present Treaty shall be ratified, and the ratification. shall be exchanged at Baghdad as soon as possible.
In faith whereof the above-named plenipotentiaries have signed the present Treaty and have affixed thereto their seals.
Done in duplicate in English and Arabic, of which, in the case of divergence, the English text shall prevail, at Baghdad, this second day of May, 1932, corresponding with the twenty-sixth day of Dhulhijjah. 1350, Hijrah.
F. H. HUMPHRYS.
JA'FAR-AL ASKARI.
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