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Protocol explanatory of Paragraph 21 of Article II of the Treaty of Extradition between Great Britain and Roumania [1894] CATSer 2 (13 March 1894)

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PROTOCOL BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND ROUMANIA, EXPLANATORY OF #21 OF ARTICLE II OF THE TREATY OF EXTRADITION OF MARCH 21 (9), 1893 (KIDNAPPING AND FALSE IMPRISONMENT).

In order to avoid the possibility of any misunderstanding arising from the present text of #21 of Article II of the Treaty of Extradition concluded between Great Britain and Roumania on the 21^st (9^th) of March, 1893, the undersigned Plenipotentiaries, duly authorized thereto by their respective Governments, have agreed as follows:

The fact of having kidnapped or falsely imprisoned one or more persons will not admit of a requisition for extradition being made unless the act shall have been committed by private individuals. No such requisition can be made as against public functionaries who may have been guilty of the act in question while in the performance of their duties.

The present Protocol shall be considered as approved and sanctioned by the respective Governments without any special ratification, by the sole fact of the exchange of the ratification of the Treaty to which it refers.

DONE in duplicate at Bucharest, the 13^th (1st) day of March, in the year of Our Lord 1894.

John Walsham

Al. Lahovari