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Treaty Series No. 787

Supplementary Extradition Convention Between the United States of America and France, Signed at Paris, January 15, 19291a

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, 1909,2 have resolved to conclude a supplementary Convention for this purpose and have appointed for that purpose the following plenipotentiaries:

  • The President of the United States of America:
  • Mr. Norman Armour, Chargé d’Affaires ad interim 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:—

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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 signed the present Convention in duplicate and have thereunto affixed their seals.

Done at Paris, this 15 day of January 1929.

Norman Armour

[seal]
A. Briand

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  1. In English and French; French text not printed. Ratification advised by the Senate, February 28 (legislative day of February 25), 1929; ratified by the President, March 6, 1929; ratified by France, April 27, 1929; ratifications exchanged at Paris, May 2, 1929; proclaimed by the President, May 9, 1929.↩
  2. Foreign Relations, 1911, p. 189.↩