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See Her Majesty's Order-in-
a Secretary of State shall be required, and all powers vested in or acts authorized or required to be done under the said Act by the Police Magistrate and the Secretary of State, or either of them, in relation to the surrender of a fugitive criminal, may be done by the Governor of the British possession alone, and any prison in the British possession may be substituted for a prison in Middlesex; and whereas by the said Act it is also enacted that if by any law or Ordinance made before or after the passing of the said Act, by the legislature of any British possession, provision is made for carrying into effect, within such possession, the surrender of fugitive criminals who are in or suspected of being in such British possession, Her Majesty may, by the Order-in-Council applying the said Act in the case of any foreign state or by any subsequent Council of the order, either suspend the operation within such British possession of the 20th March, said Act, or any part thereof, so far as it relates to such foreign state, and so long as such law or Ordinance continues in force there, and no longer, or direct that such law or Ordinance, or any part thereof, shall have effect in such British possession, with or without modifications and alterations, as if it were part of the said Act; and whereas by another Act of the Imperial Parliament known as "The Extradition Act, 1873," it is enacted that the said Act shall be construed as one with "The Extradition Act, 1870," and that the said two Acts may be cited together as "The Extradition Acts, 1870 and 1873"; and whereas it is expedient to provide a more convenient method of administering "The Extradition Acts, 1870 and 1873," in this Colony:
1877.
Short title.
Powers of Secretary of State under Extradition Acts to be
Be it therefore enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:----
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Extradition Ordinance, (Hongkong), 1875.
2. All powers vested in or acts authorized or required to be done under "The Extradition Acts, 1870 and 1873," by the Secretary of State, in relation to the surrender of a fugitive criminal, may, in respect of this Colony, be exercised and done by the Governor.
Powers of Governor.
3. All powers vested in or acts authorized or required to be done under "The Extradition Acts, 1870 and 1873," by the Police Magistrate, in relation to the surrender of a fugitive criminal, may, in respect of this Colony, be exercised and done by any Police Magistrate of the Colony.
Powers of Police Magistrates under Extradition Acts to be exercised by Police Magistrates of the Colony.
4. Victoria Gaol shall be a prison for the purposes of this Ordinance and of "The Extradition Acts, 1870 and 1873."
Victoria Gaol to be prison for extradition purposes.
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No. 5.] THE ORDINANCES OF HONGKONG: [A.D. 1875.
See Her Majesty's Order-in-
a Secretary of State shall be required, and all powers vested in or acts authorized or required to be done under the said Act by the Police Magistrate and the Secretary of State, or either of them, in relation to the surrender of a fugitive criminal, may be done by the Governor of the British possession alone, and any prison in the British possession may
be substituted for a prison in Middlesex; and whereas by the said Act it is also enacted that if by any law or Ordinance made before or after the passing of the said Act, by the legislature of any British posses- sion, provision is made for carrying into effect, within such possession, the surrender of fugitive criminals who are in or suspected of being in such British possession, Her Majesty may, by the Order-in-Council ap- plying the said Act in the case of any foreign state or by any subsequent Council of the order, either suspend the operation within such British possession of the 20th March,
said Act, or any part thereof, so far as it relates to such foreign state, and so long as such law or Ordinance continues in force there, and no longer, or direct that such law or Ordinance, or any part thereof, shall have effect in such British possession, with or without modifications and alter- ations, as if it were part of the said Act; and whereas by another Act of the Imperial Parliament known as "The Extradition Act, 1873," it is enacted that the said Act shall be construed as one with "The Extradi- tion Act, 1870," and that the said two Acts may be cited together as "The Extradition Acts, 1870 and 1873"; and whereas it is expedient to provide a more convenient method of administering "The Extradition Acts, 1870 and 1873," in this Colony :
1877.
Short title.
Powers of Secretary of State under Extradition
Acts to be
Be it therefore enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:----
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Extradition Ordinance, (Hong- kong), 1875.
2. All powers vested in or acts authorized or required to be done under "The Extradition Acts, 1870 and 1873," by the Secretary of State, in relation to the surrender of a fugitive criminal, may, in respect of this
exercised by Colony, be exercised and done by the Governor.
Governor.
Powers of
3. All powers vested in or acts authorized or required to be done Police Magis under "The Extradition Acts, 1870 and 1873," by the Police Magistrate, in relation to the surrender of a fugitive criminal, may, in respect of this Colony, be exercised and done by any Police Magistrate of the Colony.
trates under Extradition Acts to be exercised by Police Magis-
trates of the Colony.
4. Victoria Gaol shall be a prison for the purposes of this Ordinance Victoria Gaul and of "The Extradition Acts, 1870 and 1873.”
to be prison
for extradi-
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