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1274 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, OCTOBER 11, 1907.

DESPATCHES FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE.

No. 669.

CIRCULAR.

DOWNING STREET,

5th September, 1907.

SIR,I have the honour to transmit to you, for publication in the Colony under your Government, a copy of an Order of the King in Council giving effect to a Treaty of Extradition between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Panama, which was signed at Panamá on the 25th of August, 1996, and the ratifications of which were exchanged on the 25th of April, 1907.

The Officer Administering the Government of

I have, &c.,

HONGKONG.

ELGIN,

PANAMÁ EXTRADITION ORDER IN COUNCIL, 1907.

AT THE COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE, THE 12TH DAY OF AUGUST, 1907.

PRESENT,

THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.

LORD PRESIDENT.

LORD STEWARD.

LORD CHAMBERLAIN. LORD DENMAN.

LORD TWEEDMOUTH.

WE

HEREAS by the Extradition Acts, 1870 to 1906, it was amongst other things enacted that, where an arrangement has been made with any foreign State with respect to the surrender to such State of any fugitive criminals, His Majesty may, by Order in Council, direct that the said Acts shall apply in the case of such foreign State; and that His Majesty may, by the same or any subsequent Order, limit the operation of the Order, and restrict the same to fugitive criminals who are in or suspected of being in the part of His Majesty's dominions specified in the Order, and render the operation thereof subject to such conditions, exceptions, and qualifications as may be deemed expedient ;

And whereas a Treaty was concluded on the twenty-fifth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and six, between His Majesty and the President of the Republic of Panamá, for the extradition of criminals, which Treaty is in the terms following:-

Extradition Treaty between the United Kingdom and Panamá.

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 Republic of Panamá, having determined, by common consent, to conclude a Treaty for the extradition of criminals, have accordingly named as their Plenipotentiaries:

His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India,

Claude Coventry Mallet, Esquire, Companion of His Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, and His Consul for the Republic of Panamá, and

The President of the Republic of Panamá,

His Excellency Ricardo Arias, Secretary of State for the Department of Government and Foreign Affairs;

Who, after having exhibited to each other their respective full powers and found them in good and due form, have agreed upon the following Articles: