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shall be required in the context of this Agreement.

ARTICLE 17

Search and seizure

 1. The Requested State shall, insofar as its law permits, carry out requests for search and seizure and delivery of material to the Requesting State provided the information supplied, including additional information requested pursuant to paragraph 3 of Article 4, if any, would justify such action under the law of the Requested State.

 2. The Requested State shall provide such information as may be required by the Requesting State concerning the result of any search, the place of seizure, the circumstances of seizure, and the subsequent custody of the material seized.

 3. The Requesting State shall observe any conditions imposed by the Requested State in relation to any seized material which is delivered to the Requesting State.

ARTICLE 18

Representation and expenses

 1. Unless otherwise provided in this Agreement the Requested State shall make all necessary arrangements for the representation of the Requesting State in any proceedings arising out of a request for assistance.
 2. The Requested State shall meet the cost of fulfilling the request for assistance except that the Requesting State shall bear:
         (a) the expenses associated with conveying any person to or from the territory of the Requested State, and any fees, allowances or expenses payable to that person whilst in the Requesting State pursuant to a request under Articles 9 or 12; and
         (b) where required by the Requested State, exceptional expenses in fulfilling the request.

ARTICLE 19

Other assistance

This Agreement does not preclude the Contracting States giving each other wider assistance pursuant to other agreements or arrangements or as permitted by their respective laws.

ARTICLE 20

Entry into force and termination

 l. This Agreement shall enter into force thirty days after the date on which the Contracting States have notified each other in writing that their respective constitutional requirements for the entry into force of this Agreement have been complied with.

 2. This Agreement shall apply to requests made pursuant to it whether or not the relevant acts or omissions occurred prior to this Agreement entering into force.

 3. Either Contracting State may terminate this Agreement by notice in writing at any time and it shall cease to be in force on the one hundred and eightieth day after the day on which notice is given.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being duly authorized thereto by their respective Governments, have signed this Agreement.

DONE in duplicate at Canberra on the twenty-second day of June, One thousand nine hundred and ninety-two in the English and Finnish languages, both texts being equally authentic.

FOR AUSTRALIA: FOR FINLAND:

MICHAEL TATE CHARLES MURTO

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NOTE

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on