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BILATERAL EXTRADITION TREATIES
EXTRADITION
Treaty Series 895
1935 U.S.T. LEXIS 64; 6 Bevans 1283
April 29, 1935, Date-Signed
August 28, 1935, Date-In-Force
STATUS:
[*1] Treaty signed at Washington April 29, 1935, supplementing and amending treaty of July 2, 1925
Senate advice and consent to ratification June 5, 1935
Ratified by the President of the United States June 15, 1935
Ratified by Czechoslovakia August 17, 1935
Ratifications exchanged at Prague August 28, 1935
Entered into force August 28, 1935
Proclaimed by the President of the United States August 30, 1935
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TEXT:
The United States of America and the Czechoslovak Republic, being desirous of enlarging the list of crimes and offenses on account of which extradition may be granted under the treaty concluded between the two countries on July 2, 1925, n1 and of amending Article IV of that treaty, with a view to the better administration of justice and the prevention of crime within their respective territories and jurisdictions, have resolved to conclude a supplementary treaty for this purpose and have appointed as their plenipotentiaries, to wit:
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The President of the United States [*2] of America:
Mr. Cordell Hull, Secretary of State of the United States of America;
The President of the Czechoslovak Republic:
Dr. Ferdinand Veverka, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Czechoslovak Republic in Washington,
Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, which were found to be in due and proper form, have agreed to and concluded the following articles:
ARTICLE I
The following crimes and offenses are added to the list numbered 1 to 22 in Article II of the said treaty of July 2, 1925, on account of which extradition may be granted, that is to say:
23. Crimes and offenses against the laws of bankruptcy.
ARTICLE II
The present treaty shall be considered as an integral part of the said extradition treaty of July 2, 1925, and Article II of the last mentioned treaty shall be read as if the list of crimes and offenses therein contained had originally comprised the additional crimes and offenses specified and numbered 23 in the first article of the present treaty.
ARTICLE III
Article IV of the said treaty of July 2, 1925, is hereby amended by adding thereto the following words, "or be extradited to another country, unless he shall [*3] have been allowed one month to leave the country after having been set at liberty as a result of the disposition of the charges upon which he was extradited", so that the article will now read:
"No person shall be tried for any crime or offense committed before his extradition other than that for which he was surrendered, or be extradited to another country, unless he shall have been allowed one month to leave the country after having been set at liberty as a result of the disposition of the charges upon which he was extradited."
ARTICLE IV
The present treaty shall be ratified by the High Contracting Parties in accordance with their respective constitutional method, and shall take effect on the date of the exchange of ratifications which shall take place at Prague as soon as possible.
In witness whereof the above named plenipotentiaries have signed the present treaty in both the English and Czechoslovak languages, each of which texts is equally authentic, and have hereunto affixed their seals.
Done, in duplicate, at Washington, this 29th day of April, 1935.
SIGNATORIES:
CORDELL HULL
[SEAL]
FERDINAND VEVERKA
[SEAL]
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