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Convention between the United Kingdom and Belgium extending to the Belgian Congo and certain British Protectorates existing Extradition Conventions between the United Kingdom and Belgium [1924] CATSer 1 (1 February 1924)

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CONVENTION BETWEEN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND BELGIUM EXTENDING TO THE BELGIAN CONGO AND CERTAIN BRITISH PROTECTORATES EXISTING EXTRADITION CONVENTIONS BETWEEN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND BELGIUM

His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, and His Majesty the King of the Belgians, having deemed it necessary to apply to the Belgian Congo and to certain British protectorates the Extradition Treaty between Great Britain and Belgium of the 29^th October, 1901, and the Conventions supplementary thereto of the 5^th March, 1907, and the 3^rd March, 1911, have appointed as their Plenipotentiaries for this purpose:

His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India: the Most Honourable Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, K.G., His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; and

His Majesty the King of the Belgians: his Excellency Baron Moncheur, Commander of the Order of Leopold, &c., &c., His Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary;

Who, having communicated to each other their respective full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed as follows:

ARTICLE 1

The provisions of the Extradition Treaty between Great Britain and Belgium of the 29^th October, 1901, and the Conventions supplementary thereto of the 5^th March, 1907, and the 3^rd March, 1911, shall apply to the Belgian Congo and to the British protectorates mentioned in the list annexed to this Convention.

If, after the signature of this Convention, it should be considered advisable to extend its provisions to British protectorates other than those mentioned in the annexed list or to territories in respect of which a mandate on behalf of the League of Nations has been accepted by His Britannic Majesty, then, after agreement arrived at between the respective Governments, its conditions shall apply also to these other protectorates or to such territories from the date prescribed in the notes to be exchanged for the purpose of effecting such extension.

ARTICLE 2

For the purposes of the application of the Treaty of the 29^th October, 1901, and the said supplementary Conventions the natives of the Belgian Congo and of the said protectorates and territories shall be regarded as subjects of the High Contracting Parties respectively.

ARTICLE 3

Requisitions for extradition under the present Convention shall be made in accordance with the provisions of the Treaty of the 29^th October, 1901, and as if the said protectorates and territories were foreign possessions of the High Contracting Parties respectively.

ARTICLE 4

The present Convention shall be ratified and the ratifications shall be exchanged at London as soon as possible. It shall come into operation ten days after its publication, in conformity with the laws of the High Contracting Parties and shall remain in force as long as the Extradition Treaty between Great Britain and Belgium of the 29^th October, 1901, and shall lapse with the termination of that Treaty.

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

DONE in duplicate at London, the 8^th day of August, 1923.

Curzon of Kedleston

Moncheur

ANNEX

List of British Protectorates

Bechuanaland Protectorate
Gambia Protectorate
Kenya Protectorate
Nigeria Protectorate
Northern Rhodesia
Northern territories of the Gold Coast
Nyasaland
Sierra Leone Protectorate
Somaliland Protectorate
Southern Rhodesia
Swaziland
Uganda Protectorate
Zanzibar