EXTRADITION ORDINANCE, (HONGKONG), 1875

EXTRADITION ORDINANCE, (HONGKONG), 1875

No. 5 of 1875.

To provide for the more convenlent administration of ' The
Extradition Acts, 1870 and 1873.' [18th Sept., 1875.]
WHEREAS by the Act of the lmperial 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 authorised 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 substitut-
ed for a prison in Middlesex;AND WHEREAS by thesaid Act it is
also enacted that if by any law or Ordinance inadc 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 continnes 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 modifica-
tions and alterittions, as, if it wore part, of tbe said Act; AND
WHREAS 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:-
1. The Extradition Ordinance, (Hongkong), 1875.

2. All powers vested in or acts authorised is required to be done
under 'The Exiradition 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.
3. All powers vested in or acts anthorised or required to be done
under ''The Extradition Acts, 1870 and 1873,' by the Police Ma-
gistrate, in relation to the surrender of a fugitive criminal, may, in
respect of this Colony, be exercised and done by any Magistrate.
4. The Goal shall be a prison for the purposes of this Ordinance
and of 'The Extradition Acts, 1870 and 1873.'
[33 & 34 Vict.c.52.] [Order-in-Council, 20th March, 1877.] [36 & 37 Vict.c.60] [33 & 34 Vict.c. 52.] Short title. Powers of Secretary of State to be exercised by Governor. Powers of Police magistrate to be exercised by Magistrates. The Gaol to be prison for extradition.

[33 & 34 Vict.c.52.] [Order-in-Council, 20th March, 1877.] [36 & 37 Vict.c.60] [33 & 34 Vict.c. 52.] Short title. Powers of Secretary of State to be exercised by Governor. Powers of Police magistrate to be exercised by Magistrates. The Gaol to be prison for extradition.

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