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File 3939/1926 Pt 2 'PUBLICATIONS: REVISION OF AITCHISON'S TREATIES BHUTAN, KASHGAR, NEPAL, SIAM AND TIBET SECTIONS.' [‎279r] (345/524)

The record is made up of 1 item (261 folios). It was created in 6 Jun 1928-24 Aug 1933. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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SIAM—NO. XX—1911.
Extradition may also be granted at the discretion of the State applied to in
respect of any other crime for which, according to the law of both of the contract*
ing Parties for the time being in force, the grant can be made.
Article 3-
Either Government, may, at its absolute discretion, refuse to deliver up its
own subjects to the other Government.
Article 4.
The extradition shall not take place if the person claimed on the part o! the
Government of the United Kingdom, or the person claimed on the part of the Go*
ernment of Siam, has already been tried and discharged or punished, or is still
under trial in the territory of Siam or in the United Kingdom respectively for the
crime for which his extradition is demanded.
If the person claimed on the part of the Government of the United Kingdom*
or if the person claimed on the part of the Government of Siam, should be undai
examination for any crime in the territory of Siam or in the United Kingdom res*
pectively, his extradition shall be deferred until the conclusion of the trial and the
full execution of any punishment awarded to him.
Article. 5=-
A fugitive criminal shall not be surrendered if the offence in respect of which
his surrender is demanded is deemed by the Party on whom the demand Is made
to be one of a political character, or if he prove that the requisition for his Bunendei
‘ has in fact been made with a view to try or punish him for an ofience of a poll
character.
Article 6.
A person surrendered can in no case be detained or tried in the State ^
the surrender has been made, for any other crime or on account of any^e*
matters than those for which the extradition shall have ta en p a - e - ^ ^ afl
been restored or had an opportunity of returning to the State .
been surrendered.
This stipulation does not apply to crimes committed after the extra tion-
Article 7.
The requisition for extradition shall be made through the diplomatio^g**
of tbo High Contracting Parties respectively, accoroP anied
The reijuisitioD for the extradition of the seen.. er.cn ■ re nuiring
by a warrant of arrest issued by the competent au hority of the ^1^^*
the extradition, and by such evidence as, according to - con Jated there,
ids accused is found, would justify his arrest if the crime had been comm

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This part relates to the Government of India's decision to issue a revised edition of Aitchison's Treaties (full title: A Collection of Treaties, Engagements and Sanads Relating to India and Neighbouring Countries ), with revised narratives for each geographical area covered, incorporating the principal events that have occurred since the publication of the previous edition in 1909.

The part contains copies of proofs of revised narratives relating to Tibet (ff 166-188), Siam [Thailand] (ff 191-315), Eastern Turkistan [Turkestan] (ff 319-332), and Nepal (ff 334-368), including copies of related treaties, agreements and regulations for each. These proofs are addressed to the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. by the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, for transmission to the Foreign Office. Also included are printed editions of the following: a treaty between Britain and the Chinese Republic, concluded in 1928 and ratified in 1929 (ff 138-143); a treaty between the United States and Belgium, the British Empire, China, France, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, and Portugal, relating to the principles and policies to be followed in matters concerning China, which was concluded in 1922 and ratified in 1925 (ff 144-146); a second treaty of the same date, between the United States and the aforementioned parties, regarding the Chinese Customs Tariff (ff 147-150).

The correspondence largely consists of interdepartmental discussion covering the following: what should and should not be included both in and with the revised narratives (e.g. whether certain treaties or regulations should be included or referred to); British treaty rights in Sinkiang [Xinjiang, China]. The principal correspondents are the following: the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India; officials of the Foreign Office and the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. .

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File 3939/1926 Pt 2 'PUBLICATIONS: REVISION OF AITCHISON'S TREATIES BHUTAN, KASHGAR, NEPAL, SIAM AND TIBET SECTIONS.' [‎279r] (345/524), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/10/1192/2, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100077121256.0x0000a3> [accessed 28 April 2024]

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