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(2) The provisions of this Agreement shall apply to requests made after its entry into force regardless of the date of commission of the offence or offences set out in the request.

(3) Each of the Parties may terminate this Agreement at any time by giving notice in writing to the other through the same channels as a request for surrender. In that event the Agreement shall cease to have effect six months after the receipt of notice.

In witness whereof the undersigned, being duly authorised by their respective Governments, have signed this Agreement.

Done at Hong Kong, this fifteenth day of November one thousand nine hundred and ninety three, in the Chinese and English languages, each text being equally authentic.

For the Government of   For the Government of
Australia:              Hong Kong:
Frank Walker            A.P. Asprey

Schedule 2 Protocol amending the Agreement for the Surrender of Accused and Convicted Persons of 15 November 1993 between the Government of Australia and the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, done at Hong Kong on 19 March 2007
(paragraph 6 (b))

PROTOCOL BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF AUSTRALIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AMENDING THE AGREEMENT FOR THE SURRENDER OF ACCUSED AND CONVICTED PERSONS, DONE AT HONG KONG ON 15 NOVEMBER 1993

The Government of Australia and the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ("Hong Kong Special Administrative Region") having been authorised by the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China to conclude this Protocol with the Government of Australia (hereinafter referred to as "the Parties").

Recalling the Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of Hong Kong for the surrender of accused and convicted persons, done at Hong Kong on 15 November 1993 (hereinafter referred to as "the Agreement"),

Recognizing that the People's Republic of China resumed the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong with effect from 1 July 1997 and in accordance with its constitution has on that date established the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China,

Noting that the Government of the People's Republic of China has confirmed the continued application of the Agreement to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and its recognition as an agreement entered into between the Government of Australia and the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region under the authorisation of the Government of the People's Republic of China,

Desiring to amend the Agreement,

Have agreed as follows :

Article 1
This Protocol amends the Agreement and the Agreement and this Protocol shall be read and interpreted together