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of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

ARTICLE 16
ENTRY INTO FORCE AND TERMINATION

 (1) This Agreement shall enter into force thirty days after the date on which the Parties have notified each other in writing that their respective requirements for the entry into force of the Agreement have been complied with.

 (2) This Agreement shall apply to any request for transfer presented after the entry into force of the Agreement even if the sentence was imposed before the date of entry into force of this Agreement.

 (3) Either Party may terminate this Agreement at any time by giving notice in writing to the other. In that event the Agreement shall cease to have effect three months after the date of receipt of the notice.

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

Done in duplicate at Hong Kong this twenty‑fifth day of November, Two thousand and five in the Chinese and English languages, each text being equally authentic.

FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA     FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF AUSTRALIA
Ambrose S.K. Lee                                                                                        Murray Alexander Cobban
[Signature not reproduced]                                                                              [Signature not reproduced]

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