European Convention on Extradition (Hungary and Poland) (Amendment) Order 1993
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1993/2667 |
| Year | 1993 |
1993No. 2667
EXTRADITION
The European Convention on Extradition (Hungary and
Poland) (Amendment) Order 1993
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At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 27th day of October 1993
Present,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Whereas the European Convention on Extradition ("the Convention") ( a) opened for signature at Paris on 13th December 1957 entered into force for the United Kingdom on 14th May 1991:
And whereas Hungary ratified the Convention on 13th July 1993 and made the reservations and declarations set out in article 2(b)(i) of this Order:
And whereas Poland ratified the Convention on 15th June 1993 and made the declaration set out in article 2(b)(ii) of this Order:
Now, therefore, Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by sections 2 and 21 of the Extradition Act 1870 ( b) and sections 4(1) and 37(3) of the Extradition Act 1989 ( c), is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:
1. This Order may be cited as the European Convention on Extradition (Hungary and Poland) (Amendment) Order 1993 and shall come into force on 1st December 1993.
2. The European Convention on Extradition Order 1990 ( d) shall be amended as follows-
(a) In Part I of Schedule 2 (which names the States parties to the Convention), at the respective appropriate points in the alphabetical order, the following entries shall be inserted-(i) "Hungary", and(ii) "Poland".(b) In Schedule 3 (which sets out the reservations and declarations made by States parties to the Convention), the following Parts shall be inserted-(i) after Part 7-(a) Cm. 1762.
(b) 1870 c.52.
(c) 1989 c.33.
(d) S.I. 1990/1507, as amended by S.I. 1992/2663.
"PART 7A
HUNGARY
Reservations
Article 1
Hungary will not grant extradition if the person sought is to be brought before a special court or if the extradition should lead to the enforcement of a sentence or detention order inflicted by such a court.
Hungary moreover reserves the right to refuse extradition on humanitarian grounds if it would cause particular hardship to the person claimed, for example, because of his youth, advanced age or state of health, or any other condition affecting the individual in question, having regard also to the nature of the offence and the interests of the requesting State.
Article 6
(a) The provisions of Article 6 paragraph 1A of the Peace Treaty concluded in Paris on...To continue reading
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