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3. Convention respecting legal proceedings in civil and commercial matters. Signed at Kovno 24 April 1934 ; ratifications exchanged 7 May 1936 ; effective 7 June 1936 ; terminable after six months' notice. New Zealand acceded by exchange of notes at Riga 7 October and Kovno 26 October 1936. U.K.T.S. No. 14 (1936); L.N.T.S. CLXIX, 373, 402. Luxembourg 1. Treaty for the mutual surrender oj fugitive criminals.% Signed at Luxemburg 24 November 1880 ; ratifications exchanged 5 January 1881 ; terminable after six months' notice. Extended to Western Samoa by exchange of notes at Brussels 1 December 1927 and Luxemburg 28 January 1928. See also convention of 23 January 1937. S.P. LXXI, 48 ; Hertslet XV, 234; L.N.T.S. LXIX, 127. 2. Extradition convention (supplementary to treaty of 24 November 1880). Signed at Luxemburg 23 January 1937 ; ratifications exchanged 23 January 1937 ; effective 23 February 1937 ; same duration as treaty of 1880. New Zealand was a party to this convention which extended the provisions of the treaty of 24 November 1880 to, inter alia, Western Samoa. U.K.T.S. No. 46 (1938); L.N.T.S. CXCI, 219. Mexico 1. Treaty for the mutual surrender of fugitive criminals.% Signed at Mexico 7 September 1886; ratifications exchanged 22 January 1889 ; terminable after notice not exceeding one year and not less than six months. S.P. LXXVII, 1253 ; Hertslet XVIII, 849.