Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F1997B01987:body:0:p5
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F1997B01987
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is confined in an institution by reason of mental illness under the order of a court or other competent authority of the requested State his extradition may be deferred until the order has ceased to have effect.

ARTICLE X

1. A person extradited shall not be
    (a) detained tried or punished in the requesting State for any offence that is alleged to have been committed, or was committed, before his extradition other than
        (i) an offence for which he was extradited, or
        (ii) an offence for which he could be extradited under this Treaty and in respect of which the requested State consents to his extradition: or
    (b) detained in the requesting State for the purpose of his being extradited to a third State unless the requested State consents to his being so detained.
2. Paragraph 1 of this Article does not apply if the person has left the requesting State after his extradition and has voluntarily returned to it or if he has not left the requesting State within 60 days after having been given an opportunity to do so.
3. A request for the consent of the requested State under this Article shall be accompanied by such information and documents as are required by that State.

ARTICLE XI

1. A request for the extradition of a person
    (a) shall be in writing: and
    (b) shall be accompanied—
        (i) by particulars of the act or omission constituting the offence for which the extradition of the person is requested and the text of the statute or a statement of the law, as may seem necessary, creating that offence and a statement of the punishment that can be imposed for the offence:
        (ii) by as an accurate description as possible of the person together with any other information which will help to establish his identity and nationality;
        (iii) if the person is accused of an offence by a duly authenticated warrant for the arrest of the person, issued by a competent authority in the requesting State, and such duly authenticated documents as, according to the law in force in the part of the territory of the requested State in which he is found, would, or would when taken together with any other evidence that is, or will be available in the requested State, constitute sufficient evidence to justify his being put on trial if the act or omission constituting the offence had occurred in that part of that territory: and
        (iv) if the person is alleged to have been convicted of an offence by such duly authenticated documents as would prove the conviction and sentence imposed on the person, and the extent to which the sentence has not been carried out.