may take refuge within such colonies and foreign possessions, on the basis, as nearly as may be, and so far as the laws of such colonies or foreign possessions will allow, of the provisions of the present Treaty.
Requisitions for the surrender of a fugitive criminal emanating from any colony or foreign possession of His Britannic Majesty shall be governed by the rules laid down in the preceding Articles of the present Treaty.
Article 17.
The present Treaty shall come into force ten days after its publication, in conformity with the forms prescribed by the laws of the High Contracting Parties. It may be terminated by either of the High Contracting Parties at any time on giving to the other six months' notice of its intention to do so.
The Treaty shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at London, as soon as possible.
In witness whereof the respective plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have affixed thereto the seal of their arms.
Done in duplicate at Bangkok, the fourth day of March, 1911, in the 129th Year of "Ratanakosindr".
