On 30 August 2012 the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development gazetted the “Extradition treaty between the Republic of South Africa and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China”. According to the notice, the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development gave notice, in terms of the Extradition Act, that Parliament of South Africa had on 05 November 2009 agreed to the ratification of the Extradition Treaty between South Africa and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China as set out in the schedule (Government Gazette). The Treaty entered into force on 02 December 2011.