SCHEDULEAMENDMENTS TO THE EXTRADITION ACT 1989

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1

Section 2 (meaning of “extradition crime”) shall be amended as follows.

2

In subsection (1)—

a

in paragraph (a)—

i

for the words “or a colony” there shall be substituted the words “, a colony or the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region”, and

ii

after the words “or colony” there shall be inserted the words “or of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region”, and

b

in paragraph (b) after the word “colony” there shall be inserted the words “, or of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region,”.

3

In subsection (3)(a), after the word “colony” there shall be inserted the words “or the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region”.

4

In subsection (4)—

a

at the end of paragraph (b) the word “and” shall be omitted, and

b

after paragraph (c) there shall be added

; and

d

conduct in a vessel, aircraft or hovercraft of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region shall be treated as if it were conduct in that Region.