SCHEDULEAMENDMENTS TO THE EXTRADITION ACT 1989

1

In section 1 (liability to extradition), after subsection (2), there shall be inserted—

2A

Subject to the provisions of this Act, a person in the United Kingdom who—

a

is accused in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of an extradition crime, or

b

is alleged to be unlawfully at large after conviction for such an offence in that Region,

may be arrested and returned to that Region in accordance with extradition procedures under Part III of this Act.