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 EXTRADITION TREATY——SIAM. Dnommnn 30, 1922. 1751 the amount of money or the value of the property so obtained or received exceeds two hundred dollars or Siamese equivalent. 20. Perjury or subornation of erju. P°d“"‘ 21. Fraud or breach of trust Iby algailee, banker, agent, factor, B"’°°“°“’“S‘·°*°- trustee, executor, administrator, guardian, director or officer of any Company or Corporation, or by anyone in any iiduciary position, where the amount of money or the value of the property misappropriated exceeds two hundred dollars or Siamese equivalent. s1,,,,,,,,d,,,t_ 22. Crimes and offenses against the laws of both countries for the suppression of slavery and slave trading. _ Wilful desertion or wilful non-support of minor or dependent ,,,{,°§§$,§“;‘{,'§;t'§t‘§;;_°’d° c 1 ren. 24. Extradition shall also take place for articipation in any of the "°°°”°"“"‘ crimes before mentioned as an accessory Ibefore or after the fact; provided such participation be punishable by imprisonment by the laws of both the High Contracting Parties. ARTICLE III. _ The provisions of the present Treaty shall not import a claim p°{,?§c,§'§§§$,‘§§l,?’ '°" of extradition for any crime or offense of a political character, nor for acts connected with such crimes or offenses; and no person surrendered by or to either of the High Contracting Parties in virtue of this Treaty shall be tried or punished for a political crime or Attempts atc offense. TVhen the offense charged comprises the act either of murder against pam 5; seaii or assassination or of poisoning, either consummated or attempted, °°°°°°h°°°]°"m°‘ the fact that the offense was committed or attempted against the life of the Sovereign or Head of a foreign State or against the life of any member of his family, shall not be deemed sufficient to sustain that such crime or offense was of a political character; or was an act connected with crimes or offenses of a political character. ARTICLE IV. No person shall be tried for any crime or offense other than that ¤¤'f¤ii:lr¤ii$nii:¤dsiifi for which he was surrendered. '°°°°'°d‘ ARTICLE V. A fugitive criminal shall not be surrendered under the provisions L"‘"°“"°" °"""°‘ hereof, when, from lapse of time or other lawful cause, according to the laws of the place within the jurisdiction of which the crime was committed, the criminal is exempt from prosecution or punishment for the offense for which the surrender is asked. ARTICLE VI. If a fugitive criminal whose surrender may be claimed pursuant t,§$‘§§“§},m?,‘§uH,'$§§Z to the stipulations hereof, be actually under prosecution, out on bail W¤¢¤¤f¤¤¤¢· or in custod, for a crime or offense committed in the country where he has souglit asylum, or shall have been convicted thereof, his extradition ma be deferred until such proceedings be determined, and until he shall, have been set at liberty in due course of law. ARTICLE VII. If a fugitive criminal claimed by one of the parties hereto, shall t,,§`§,}'i°},'f,’¤,‘§},§{"°d by be also claimed by one or more powers pursuant to treaty provisions, on account of crimes committed within their jurisdiction, such criminal shall be delivered to that State whose demand is first received.