EXTRADITION (HONG KONG) ORDINANCE, 1875

EXTRADITION (HONG KONG) ORDINANCE, 1875

No. 5 of 1875.

An Ordinance to providefor the more convenient administration
of the Extradition Acts.

[18th September, 1875.]

As amended by No. 19 of 1937 [1.10.37].
As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1937.





WHEREAs by the Act of the Imperial Parliament known as
the Extradition Act, i87o, it is amongst other things
enacted that the said Act, -when applied by Order in
Council, shall, unless it is otherwise provided by such
Order, extend to every British possession, but with the
following aniong other modifications, nainely, no warrant
of a Secretary of State shall be required, and all powers
vested in or acts authorized or required to be done
tinder the said Act by the police magistrate and the
Secretar * v 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 aline, and any prison
in the British possession rnay 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 order, either suspend the operation
within such British possession of the said Act, or any
part thereof, so far as it relates * to such foreign state, and
so Ion as such law or Ordinan
9 cc continues in force there,
and no longer, or direct iliat such law or Ordinance, or
any part thereof, shall have effect in such British
pmwssion, with or without modifications and alterations.
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, 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 he construed as (inc with the Extradition Act,
1870, and that the said two Acts may be cited
together as the Extradition Acts, 187o and 1873,-
ANI) WHERFAS the First Schedule to the Extradition Act,
1870, was extended to divers crimes by the Extradition
Act, 1873, to slave trade offericks by the Slave Trade Act,
1873, to bribery by the Extradition Act, igo6, to offences
relating to dangerous drugs by the Extradition Act, 1932,
and to offences in connexion with counterfeit currency

As amended by No. 20 of 1936 [15.5.361.
by the Counterfeit Currency (Convention) Act, 1935 ;
AND WHEREAS it is expedient to provide a more convenient
method of administering the Extradition Acts, 187o and
1873, as so extended, in this Colony:-

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Extradition (Hong
Kong) Ordinance, 1875.


2. All powers vested in or acts authorized or required to
be done under the Extradition Acts, 1870 and 1873, as so
extended, 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.

3. All powers vested in or acts authorized or required to
be done under The Extradition Acts 1870 and 1873, as so
extended, 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 magistrate.

4. Every prison for the time being set apart as such under
the Prisons Ordinance, 1932, shall be a prison for the purposes
of this Ordinance and of the Extradition Acts, 1870 and 1873,
as so extended.
[Originally No. 11 of 1875. No. 20 of 1936 Law Rev. Ord., 1937.] 33 & 34 Vict. C. 52. Order in Council, 20th March, 1877. 36 & 37 Vict. C. 60 36 & 37 Vict. C. 60, s. 8. 36 & 37 Vict. C. 88, s. 27. 6 Ed. 7, c. 15, s. 1, 22 & 23 Geo. 5, c. 39, s. 1. 25 & 26 Geo. 5, c. 25, s. 4. Short title. Powers of Secretary of State to be exercised by Governor. Powers of police magistrate to be exercised by magistrates. Prisons for extradition. Ordinance No. 38 of 1932.

[Originally No. 11 of 1875. No. 20 of 1936 Law Rev. Ord., 1937.] 33 & 34 Vict. C. 52. Order in Council, 20th March, 1877. 36 & 37 Vict. C. 60 36 & 37 Vict. C. 60, s. 8. 36 & 37 Vict. C. 88, s. 27. 6 Ed. 7, c. 15, s. 1, 22 & 23 Geo. 5, c. 39, s. 1. 25 & 26 Geo. 5, c. 25, s. 4. Short title. Powers of Secretary of State to be exercised by Governor. Powers of police magistrate to be exercised by magistrates. Prisons for extradition. Ordinance No. 38 of 1932.

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