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1388 ORDINANCE No. 11 of 1875.


Extradition.


wise provided by such order, extend to every British possession , but
with the following among other modifications ; namely : —
No warrant of a Secretary of State shall be required , and
all powers vested in, or acts authorised or required to be dore
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 .
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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 order, either

Suspend the operation within any such British possession
of the said Act, or any part thereof, so far as it relates to such
foreign state, and as 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 of 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 :

Be it therefore enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the
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advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows :
Short title.
1. This Ordinance may be cited as " The Extradition Ordinance
( Hongkong) , 1875."
Powers of the 2. All powers vested in , or acts authorised or required to be done
Secretary of
State to be under " The Extradition Acts, 1870 and 1873 " by the Secretary of State,
exercised by
the Governor. in relation to the surrender of a fugitive criminal, may, in respect to this
Colony, be exercised and done by the Governor.