THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, AUGUST 9,
subject to such conditions, exceptions and qualifications as may be deemed expedient:
And whereas by Orders in Council dated the 21st March, 1890, the 26th June, 1901, and the 11th February, 1907, the Extradition Acts, 1870 to 1906, were respectively made applicable in the case of the United States of America under and in accordance with the several Conventions concluded between His Majesty and the President of the United States on the 12th July, 1889, the 13th December, 1900, and the 12th April, 1905 :
And whereas a Treaty was signed on the 22nd day of December, 1931, between His Majesty and the President of the United States of America for the mutual extradition of fugitive criminals, which Treaty is in the terms following:-
His Majesty The King of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India,
And the President of the United States of America;
Desiring to make more adequate provision for the reciprocal extradition of criminals,
Have resolved to conclude a Treaty for that purpose, and to that end have appointed as their plenipotentiaries :--
His Majesty The King of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India :
For Great Britain and Northern Ireland :
The Right Honourable Sir JOHN SIMON, G.C.S.L., M.P., His Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs;
And the President of the United States of America;
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General CHARLES G. DAWES, Ambassador Extra-·
ordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America at the Court of St. James;
who, having communicated their full powers found in good and due form, have agreed as follows:-
ARTICLE 1.
The High Contracting Parties engage to deliver up to each other, under certain circumstances and conditions stated in the present Treaty, those persons who, being accused or convicted of any of the crimes or offences enumerated in Article 3, committed within the jurisdiction of the one Party, shall be found within the territory of the other Party.
ARTICLE 2.
For the purposes of the present Treaty the territory of His Britannic Majesty shall be deemed to be Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, and all parts of His Britannic Majesty's dominions overseas other than those enumerated in Article 14, together with the territories enumerated in Article 16 and any territories to which it may be extended under Article 17. It is understood that in respect of all territory of His Britannic Majesty as above defined other than Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man, the present Treaty shall be applied so far as the laws permit.
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