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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JULY 3, 1936.
And whereas a supplementary Convention was signed on the 15th day of October, 1935, between His late Majesty King George V and His Majesty the King of Denmark and Iceland, which Convention is in the terms following:----
His Majesty the King of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India (hereinafter referred to as His Majesty the King and Emperor), and His Majesty the King of Denmark and Iceland,
Desiring to make further provision for the reciprocal extradition of fugitive criminals, have resolved to conclude a Supplementary Convention to this end, and for this purpose 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:
Commander Henry Fitzhardinge Berkeley Maxse, His
Chargé d'Affaires ad interim in Copenhagen;
His Majesty the King of Denmark and Iceland :
For Denmark :
His Prime Minister Thorvald August Marinus Stauning,
Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs;
Who, having communicated to each other their full powers found in good and due form, have agreed as follows:-
ARTICLE 1.
From the date of the coming into force of the present Convention Article 1 of the Extradition Treaty signed at Copenhagen on the 31st March, 1873, shall be amended by the addition of the following clause :-
"Extradition may also be granted at the discretion of the High Contracting Party applied to in respect of any other crime or offence for which, according to the laws of both of the High Contracting Parties for the time being in force, the grant may be made."
ÁRTICLE 2.
The foregoing amendment shall apply to extradition proceedings between the territory of His Majesty the King of Denmark and Iceland on the one hand, that is to say, Denmark and Danish colonies, and, on the other hand, the following territories of His Majesty the King and Emperor, that is to say, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, Newfoundland, British Colonies, British Protectorates to which the Extradition Treaty of the 31st March, 1873, applies, and mandated territories to which the said Treaty has been or may be extended, and in respect of which the mandate is exercised by Mis Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
ARTICLE 3.
The High Contracting Parties agree that His Majesty the King and Emperor may accede to the present Convention in respect of any other Member of the British Commonwealth of Nations, whose Government may desire that such accession be effected, by a notice given to that effect by the appropriate
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