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THE EXTRADITION ACTS.
1.—THE EXTRADITION ACTS.
Order in Council, 20th March, 1887.
At the Court at Windsor, the 20th day of March, 1877.
PRESENT:
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council.
WHEREAS by section 18 of the Extradition Act, 1870, it is, among other things, enacted, "that if by any Law 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 Order, either
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Suspend the operation within any such British Possession of the said Act, or of any part thereof, so far as it relates to such Foreign State, and so long as such Law 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 a certain Ordinance enacted in the year 1875 by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, and numbered 11* of the said year, the short title of which is "The Extradition Ordinance (Hongkong), 1875," provision is made that all powers vested in, or acts authorised or required to be done, under the Acts of the Imperial Parliament known as the "Extradition Acts, 1870 and 1873," by the Secretary of State or by the Police Magistrate, in relation to the surrender of a fugitive criminal, which by the said Imperial Acts are in respect of British Possessions vested in or required to be done by the Governor alone, may, in respect of the Colony of Hongkong, be exercised and done by the Governor or the Police Magistrate of the Colony respectively:
AND WHEREAS the said Ordinance has been confirmed and allowed by Her Majesty:
*This Ordinance is now numbered 5 of 1875 and is to be found in Vol. I The Acts must be read in conjunction with that Ordinance.
A list of the countries with which Extradition Treaties have been entered into will be found on p.p. 136 and 137. Special unilateral Extradition Ordinances have been passed in Hongkong as to Macao, No. 1 of 1881, as to China, No. 7 of 1889, as to British North Borneo, No. 1 of 1896, and as to the Malay States, No. 4 of 1903, extended by the General Revision Ordinance, 1912, to the four States recently included in the Protectorate.
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THE EXTRADITION ACTS.
1.—THE EXTRADITION ACTS.
Order in Council, 20th March, 1887.
At the Court at Windsor, the 20th day of March, 1877.
PRESENT:
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council.
WHEREAS by section 18 of the Extradition Act, 1870, it is, among other things, enacted, "that if by any Law 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 ap- plying the said Act in the case of any Foreign State or by any sub- sequent Order, either
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Suspend the operation within any such British Possession of the said Act, or of any part thereof, so far as it relates to such Foreign State, and so long as such Law 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 al- terations, as if it were part of the said Act :"
AND WHEREAS by a certain Ordinance enacted in the year 1875 by
the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council. thereof, and numbered 11* of the said year, the short title of which is "The Extradition Ordinance (Hongkong), 1875," provision is made that all powers vested in, or acts authorised or required to be done, under the Acts of the Imperial Parliament known as the "Extradition Acts, 1870 and 1873," by the Secretary of State or by the Police Magistrate, in relation to the surrender of a fugitive criminal, which by the said Im- perial Acts are in respect of British Possessions vested in or required to be done by the Governor alone, may, in respect of the Colony of Hong- kong, be exercised and done by the Governor or the Police Magistrate of the Colony respectively:
AND WHEREAS the said Ordinance has been confirmed and allowed by Her Majesty:
*This Ordinance is now numbered 5 of 1875 and is to be found in Vol. I The Acts must be read in conjunction with that Ordinance.
A list of the countries with which Extradition Treaties have been entered into will be found on p.p. 136 and 137. Special unilateral Extradition Ordinances have been passed in Hongkong as to Macao, No. 1 of 1881, as to China, No. 7 of 1889, as to British North Borneo, No. 1 of 1896, and as to the Malay States, No. 4 of 1903, extended by the General Revision Ordinance, 1912, to the four States recently included in the Protectorate.
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