EXTRADITION (HONG KONG) ORDINANCE
Title
EXTRADITION (HONG KONG) ORDINANCE
Description
CHAPTER 236.
EXTRADITION (HONG KONG).
To provide for the more convenient administration of the
Extradition Acts.
[18th September, 1875.]
WHEREAS by the Act of the Imperial Parliament known as
the Extradition Act, 1870, 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 among other modifications, namely, no
warrant of 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 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 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, I870 and 1873 : AND WHEREAS the
First Schedule to the Extradition Act, 1870, was
extended to divers crimes by the Extradition Act, 1873,
to slave trade offences 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 by the Counterfeit Currency (Convention) Act,
1935: AND WHEREAS it is expedient to provide a more
convenient method of administering the Extradition
Acts, 1870 and 1873, as so extended, in this Colony:
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Extradition
(Hong Kong) Ordinance.
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 the
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 the
Colony, be exercised and done by any magistrate.
4. Every prison for the time being set apart as such
under the Prisons Ordinance, shall be a prison for the
purposes of this Ordinance and of the Extradition Acts,
1870 and 1873, as so extended.
Originally 11 of 1875. Fraser 5 of 1875. 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. Prison for extradition. (Cap. 234).
Abstract
Originally 11 of 1875. Fraser 5 of 1875. 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. Prison for extradition. (Cap. 234).
Identifier
https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/2083
Edition
1950
Volume
v5
Subsequent Cap No.
236
Number of Pages
2
Files
Collection
Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online
Citation
“EXTRADITION (HONG KONG) ORDINANCE,” Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online, accessed February 1, 2025, https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/2083.