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Convention between the United Kingdom and France amending Articles VII and IX of the Extradition Treaty of the 14th August 1876 [1896] CATSer 1 (6 March 1896)

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CONVENTION BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND FRANCE AMENDING ARTICLES VII AND IX OF THE EXTRADITION TREATY OF THE 14TH AUGUST, 1876.

Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India, and the President of the French Republic, being desirous to render more efficacious the provision of Article VII and IX of the Treaty between Great Britain and France of the 14^th August, 1876, for the mutual extradition of fugitive criminals, have named as their Plenipotentiaries for this purpose, that is to say:

Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India, His Excellency the Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, her Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the French Republic, &c.;

And the President of the French Republic, his Excellency M. Marcellin Berthelot, Senator, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the French Republic, &c.;

Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, found in goods and due form, have agreed upon the following Articles:-

ARTICLE I

The text of Article VII of the Extradition Treaty of the 14^th August, 1876, is amended by the substitution of the words "a Magistrate" for the words "the Police Magistrate who issued the warrant, or some other Police Magistrate in London," in the first sentence of the third paragraph of section (a) and by the omission of the word "Police" in the second sentence of the said paragraph, and in the section (b) and (d).

ARTICLE II

The text of Article IX of the aforesaid Treaty is amended by the substitution of the words "a Magistrate" for the words "a Police Magistrate in London."

ARTICLE III

The present Convention shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Paris as soon as possible.

It shall come into force ten days after its publication in the manner prescribed by law in the respective countries, and shall have the same force and duration as the Treaty to which it relates.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the present Convention, and have affixed thereto their seals.

DONE in duplicate at Paris, the 13^th February, 1896.

Dufferin and Ava

Marcellin Berthelot