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BILATERAL EXTRADITION TREATIES
(The treaty applicable to Congo was originally signed with France.)
EXTRADITION
Treaty Series 787
1929 U.S.T. LEXIS 131; 7 Bevans 972
January 15, 1929, Date-Signed
May 19, 1929, Date-In-Force
STATUS:
[*1] Convention signed at Paris January 15, 1929, supplementing treaty of January 6, 1909
Senate advice and consent to ratification February 28, 1929
Ratified by the President of the United States March 6, 1929
Ratified by France April 27, 1929
Ratifications exchanged at Paris May 2, 1929
Proclaimed by the President of the United States May 9, 1929
Entered into force May 19, 1929
Terminated April 3, 1971, upon entry into force of convention of February 12, 1970 n1
n1 22 UST; TIAS 7075.
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TEXT:
The United States of America and the Republic of France being desirous of enlarging the list of crimes and offences on account of which extradition may be granted under the Convention concluded between the United States and France January 6, 1909, n2 have resolved to conclude a supplementary Convention for this purpose and have appointed for that purpose the following plenipotentiaries:
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n2 TS 561, ante, p. 872.
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The President of the United States of America:
Mr. Norman Armour, Charge d'Affaires ad interim [*2] of the United States of America at Paris, and
The President of the French Republic:
His Excellency M. Aristide Briand, Minister for Foreign Affairs;
Who have agreed to and concluded the following articles:
ARTICLE I
To the list of crimes and offences numbered 1 to 15 in the second article of the said Convention of January 6, 1909, the following, contained in a paragraph 16, is added:
16. Infractions of the laws concerning poisonous substances.
ARTICLE II
The present Convention shall be considered as an integral part of the said extradition Convention of January 6, 1909, and the second article thereof shall be read as if the list of crimes and offences therein contained had originally comprised the additional infractions of the laws specified and numbered 16 in the first article of the present Convention.
The present Convention shall be ratified and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Paris as soon as possible.
It shall come into force ten days after its publication in conformity with the laws of the High Contracting Parties and it shall continue and terminate in the same manner as the said Convention of January 6, 1909.
In testimony whereof the respective plenipotentiaries have [*3] signed the present Convention in duplicate and have thereunto affixed their seals.
Done at Paris, this 15 day of January 1929.
SIGNATORIES:
NORMAN ARMOUR
[SEAL]
A. BRIAND
[SEAL]
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