
1 
This Order may be cited as the European Convention on Extradition (Hungary and Poland) (Amendment) Order 1993 and shall come into force on 1st December 1993.
2 
The European Convention on Extradition Order 1990 shall be amended as follows—
(a) In Part I of Schedule 2 (which names the States parties to the Convention), at the respective appropriate points in the alphabetical order, the following entries shall be inserted—
(i) “Hungary”, and
(ii) “Poland”.
(b) In Schedule 3 (which sets out the reservations and declarations made by States parties to the Convention), the following Parts shall be inserted—
(i) after Part 7—“
PART 7A
Hungary will not grant extradition if the person sought is to be brought before a special court or if the extradition should lead to the enforcement of a sentence or detention order inflicted by such a court. Hungary moreover reserves the right to refuse extradition on humanitarian grounds if it would cause particular hardship to the person claimed, for example, because of his youth, advanced age or state of health, or any other condition affecting the individual in question, having regard also to the nature of the offence and the interests of the requesting State.

(a) The provisions of Article 6 paragraph 1A of the Peace Treaty concluded in Paris on 10 February 1947 notwithstanding Hungary will not grant extradition of its own nationals.
(b) Hungary reserves the right to refuse extradition of persons settled definitively in Hungary.
Hungary will refuse extradition if it is requested to carry out death penalty or to prosecute a person charged with an offence punishable by death penalty.However, extradition may be granted in respect of an offence punishable by death penalty under the law of the requesting State, if that State accepts that death penalty, if pronounced, will not be executed.
In case of request for provisional arrest Hungary also requires a short statement of the facts the person claimed is charged with.
Hungary will refuse transit of its own nationals and of persons settled definitively in Hungary.
Hungary declares that it will require a translation of the request for extradition and documents annexed thereto into either Hungarian, or any of the official languages of the Council of Europe, if they are not drawn up in these languages.”.
(ii) after Part 15—“
PART 15A
The Republic of Poland declares, in accordance with paragraph 1(a) of article 6, that it will under no circumstances extradite its own nationals.
The Republic of Poland declares that, for the purposes of this Convention, in accordance with paragraph 1(b) of article 6, persons granted asylum in Poland will be treated as Polish nationals.”.
(c) In Schedule 5, at the end there shall be added the following part, namely—“
PART 3
Order in Council dated 17th March 1874 directing that the Extradition Acts shall apply in the case of Austria-Hungary

The Hungary (Extradition) Order in Council 1937 (S.R.& O. 1937/719).

Order in Council dated 26th February 1934 directing that the Extradition Acts shall apply in the case of Poland (S.R.& O. 1934/209).
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N. H. Nicholls
Clerk of the Privy Council
