Piracy by law of nations
29. Sinking or destroying a vessel at sea, or attempting or conspiring to do so.
30. Assaults on board a ship on the high seas , with intent to destroy life, or do grievous bodily harm.
31. Revolt, or conspiracy to revolt, by two or more persons on board a ship on the high seas, against the authority of the master.
32. Dealing in slaves in such a manner as to constitute a criminal offence against the laws of both States.
Extradition is also to be granted for participation in any of the aforesaid crimes, provided such participation be punishable by the laws of both the Contracting Parties.
Article III.
Either Government may, in its absolute discrétion, refuse to deliver up its own subjects to the other Government.
Article IV.
The extradition shall not take place if the person claimed on the
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part of the British Government, or the person claimed on the part of the Liberian Government, bas already been tried and discbarged or punished , or is still under trial , witbin tbe territories of tbe two Higb Contracting Parties respectively, for tbe crime for wbicb bis extradition is demanded.
If tbe person claimed on tbe part of tbe Britisb Government, or if tbe person claimed on tbe part of tbe Liberian Government, sbould be under examination, or is undergoing sentence under a conviction, for any other crime witbin tbe territories of tbe two High Contracting Parties respectively, bis extradition sball be deferred until after be has been discbarged, wbetber by acquittai, or on expiration of bis sentence, or otberwise.
Article V.
Tbe extradition sball not take place if, subsequently to the commission of tbe crime, or tbe institution of tbe pénal prosecution, or tbe conviction tbereon, exemption from prosecution or punisbment bas been acquired by lapse of time, according to tbe laws of tbe State applied to.
Article VI.
A fugitive criminal sball not be surrendered if tbe offence in respect of wbich his surrender is demanded is one of a political character, or if be prove that tbe réquisition l'or bis surrender has in fact been made with a view to try or punisb bim for an offence of a political character.
Article VII.
A person surrendered can in no case be kept in prison, or be brougbt to trial in the State to which tbe surrender bas been made, for any other crime or on account ol any other matters than tbose for which the extradition shall have taken place, until he has been restored or bad an opportunity of returning to tbe State by which he has been surrendered.
This stipulation does not apply to crimes committed after the extradition.
Article VIII.
The réquisition for extradition shall be made in the following manner: —
Application on bebalf of Her Britannic Majesty's Government for the surrender of a fugitive criminal in Liberia shall be made by Her Majesty's Consul at Monrovia.
Application on behalf of the Liberian Government for the surrender of a fugitive criminal in the United Kingdom shall be made by the Diplomatie Représentative of Liberia in London, or in the absence of such Représentative, by the Consul -General for Liberia in London.
The réquisition for the extradition of the accused person must be accompanied by a warrant of arrest issued by tbe compétent autbority of the State requiring the extradition, and by such évidence as, according to the laws of the place where tbe accused is found , would justify his arrest if the crime bad been committed tbere.
If tbe réquisition relates to a person already convicted, it must be
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accompanied by the sentence of condemnation passed against the convicted person by the compétent Court of the State that makes the réquisition for extradition.
A sentence passed in contumaciam is not to be deemed a conviction, but a person so sentenced may be dealt with as an accused person.
Article IX.
If the réquisition for extradition be in accordance with the foregoing stipulations, the compétent authorities of the State applied to shall proceed to the arrest of the fugitive.
Article X.
If the fugitive has been arrested in the British dominions he shall forthwith be brought before a compétent Magistrate , who is to examine him and to conduct the preliminary investigation of the case, just as if the appréhension had taken place for a crime committed in the British dominions.
In the examinations which they have to make in accordance with the foregoing stipulations , the authorities of the British dominions shall admit as valid évidence the sworn dépositions or the affirmations of witnesses taken in Liberia , or copies thereof , and likewise the warrants and sentences issued therein, and certificates of, or judicial documents stating the fact of, a conviction, provided the same are authenticated as follows : —
1. A warrant must purport to be signed by a Judge, Magistrate, or officer of Liberia.
2. Dépositions or affirmations, or the copies thereof, must purport to be certified under the hand of a Judge, Magistrate, or officer of Liberia, to be the original dépositions or affirmations, or to be the true copies thereof, as the case may require.
3. A certificate of or judicial document stating the fact of a conviction must purport to be certified by a Judge, Magistrate, or officer of Liberia.
4. In every case such warrant, déposition, affirmation, copy, certificate, or judicial document must be autenticated either by the oath of some witness, or by being sealed with the officiai seal of the Minister of Justice, or some other Minister of Liberia ; but any other mode of authentication for the time being permitted by the law in that part of the British dominions where the examination is taken may be substitutod for the foregoing.
Article XL
If the fugitive has been arrested in Liberia his surrender shall be granted if, upon examination by a compétent authority, it appears that the documents furnished by the British Government contain sufficient prima facie évidence to justify the extradition.
The Authorities of Liberia shall admit as valid évidence records
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drawn up by the British authorities of the disposition of witnesses, or copies thereof, and records of conviction or other judicial documents, or copies thereof, provided that the said documents be signed or authenticated by an authority whose compétence shall be certified by the seal of a Minister of State of Her Britannic Majesty.
Article XII.
The extradition shall not take place unless the évidence be found sufficient, according to the laws of the State applied to, either to justify the committal of the prisoner for trial, in case the crime has been committed in the territory of the said State, or to prove that the prisoner is the identical person convicted by the Courts of the State which makes the réquisition , and that the crime of which he has been convicted is one in respect of which extradition could , at the time of such conviction , have been granted by the State applied to. The fugitive criminal shall not be surrendered until the expiration of fifteen days from the date of his being committed to prison to await his surrender.
Article XIII.
If the individual claimed by one of the two High Contracting Parties in pursuance of the présent Treaty should be also claimed by one or several other Powers , on account of other crimes or offences committed upon their respective territories, his extradition schall be granted to that State whose demand is earliest in date.
Article XIV.
If sufficient évidence for the extradition be not produced within three months from the date of the appréhension of the fugitive , or within such further time as the State applied to , or the proper Tribunal thereof, shall direct, the fugitive shall be set a liberty.
Article XV.
Ail articles seized which were in the possession of the person to be surrendered, at the time of his appréhension, shall, if the compétent authority if the State applied to for the extradition has ordered the delivery thereof, be given up when the extradition takes place, and the said delivery shall extend not merely to the stolen articles, but to everything that may serve as a proof of the crime.
Article XVI.
Ail expenses connected with extradition shall be borne by the demanding State.
Article XVn.
The stipulations of the présent Treaty shall be applicable to the Colonies and foreign possessions of Her Britannic Majesty , so far as the laws for the time being in force in such Colonies and foreign possessions respectively will allow.
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The réquisition for the surrender of a fugitive criminal who has taken refuge in any of such Colonies or foreign possessions may be made to the Governor or chief authority of such Colony or possession by any persou authorized to act in such Colony or possession as a Consular officer of Liberia , or if there is no such Consular officer in the Colony , by the Diplomatie Représentative of Liberia in London, or in his absence by the Liberian Consul - General.
Such réquisitions may be disposed of, subject always , as nearly as may be , and so far as the law of such Colony or foreign possession will allow, to the provisions of this Treaty, by the said Governor or chief authority, who, however, shall be at liberty either to grant the surrender, or to refer the matter to his Government.
Her Britannic Majesty shall , however , be at liberty to make spécial arrangements in the British Colonies and foreign possessions for the surrender of criminals from Liberia who -may take refuge within such Colonies and foreign possessions, on the basis, as nearly as may be, and so far as the law of such Colony or foreign possession will allow , of the provisions of the présent Treaty.
Réquisitions for the surrender of a fugitive criminal emanating from any Colony or foreign possession of Her Britannic Majesty shall be governed by the rules laid down in the preceding Articles of the présent Treaty.
Article XVIII.
The présent Treaty shall corne into force ten days after its publication, in conformity with the forms prescribed by the laws of the High Contracting Parties. It may be terminated by either of the High Contracting Parties at any time on giving to the other six months' notice of its intention to do so.
The Treaty shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at London as soon as possible.
In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have affixed thereto the seal of their arms.
Done at London, the 16th day of December, 1892.
(L.S.) Rosebery.
(L.S.) H. Hayman.
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Traité concernant le mariage de la Princesse Marie et du Prince Ferdinand; signé à Bukarest le 27 décembre 1892*).
Parliamentary Papers presented to both Homes of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty. February 1893.
Her Majesty the Queeu of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , Empress of India, on the one part, and His Majesty the King of Roumania, on the other part, already connected by ties of friendship, having judged it proper that an alliance should be contracted between their respective Royal Houses by a marriage agreed to on both sides, between Her Royal Highuess Marie Alexandra Victoria, Princess of Great Britain and Ireland, Duchess of Saxony, granddaughter of Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India, and eldest daughter of His Royal Highness Alfred Ernest Albert, Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Kent and Ulster, Duke of Saxony, Prince of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, &c, &c, &c, and of Her Impérial Highness the Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrowna of Russia;
And His Royal Highness Ferdinand Victor Albert Mainrad, Prince and Heir to the Throne of Roumania , second son of His Royal Highness Leopold Stephen Charles Antoine Gustave Edward Thassilo, Prince of Hohenzollern, Burgrave of Nuremberg, Count of Sigmaringen and Veringen, Count of Berg, Lord of Haigerloch and Woehrstein, &c, &c, &c, and of Her Royal Highness Princess Antonia of Portugal, Duchess of Saxony, and nephew of His Majesty the King of Roumania ;
And the two High Betrothed Parties, as also His Royal Highness the Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern, and Her Royal Highness Princess Antonia, his Consort, having declared their consent to such alliance;
In order, therefore, to attain so désirable an end, and to treat upon, conclude, and confirm the Articles of the Treaty of the said marriage, Her Britannic Majesty, on the one part, and His Majesty the King of Roumania, on the other part , have named as their Plenipotentiaries , that is to say: —
Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India, the Honourable Charles Hardinge, Her Britannic Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at Bucharest, &c;
And His Majesty the King of Roumania, M. Alexandre N. Lahovari, Grand Gross of His Order of the Crown of Roumania, &c, &c, his Minister Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs;
*) Les ratifications ont été échangées à Bukarest le 27 décembre 1892.
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Who, after having communicated to each other their respective Full Powers , found in good and due form , have agreed upon and concluded the following Articles: —
Article I.
It is concluded and agreed that the marriage between Her Royal Highness the Princess Marie Alexandra Victoria, eldest daughter of His Royal Highness Alfred Ernest Albert, Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Kent and Ulster, Duke of Saxony , Prince of Saxe Coburg and Gotha &c, &c, &C, and of Her Impérial Highness the Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrowna of Russia, and His Royal Highness Prince Ferdinand Victor Albert Mainrad, Prince and Heir to the Throne of Roumania, second son of His Royal Highness Leopold Stephen Charles Antoine Gustave Edward Thassilo, Prince of Hohenzollern, Burgrave of Nuremberg, Count of Sigmaringen and Veringen, Count of Berg, Lord of Haigerloch and Woehrstein, &c, &c, &c, and of Her Royal Highness Princess -Antonia of Portugal, Duchess of Saxony, shall be solemnized in person at Sigmaringen as soon as the same may conveniently be done.
Immediately after the célébration of the marriage a formally authenticated act of the same shall be delivered by the compétent authority in good and due form.
Article II.
The settlement to be made on either side in regard to the said marriage of Her Royal Highness the Princess Marie Alexandra Victoria, and of His Royal Highness the Prince Ferdinand Victor Albert Mainrad will be agreed upon and expressed in a separate Marriage Contract.
Article III.
The High Contracting Parties take note of the fact that by her marriage with His Royal Highness the Prince Ferdinand Victor Albert Mainrad, who professes the Roman Catholic Faith, Her Royal Highness the Princess Marie Alexandra Victoria, according to the due tenour of the Law of England, forfeits for ever ail hereditary rights of succession to the Crown and Government of Great Britain and Ireland and the dominions thereunto belonging or any part of the same.
Article IV.
The présent Treaty shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Bucharest as soon as possible.
In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the same and have affixed thereto the seal of their arms.
Done in duplicate at Bucharest, the fifteenth (third) day of December, in the year of our Lord 1892.
(L. S.) Charles Hardinge.
(L. S.) Al. Làhovari.
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