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documents mentioned in Article VIII in relation to any request for consent made pursuant to paragraph 1 of this Article.

Article XIX
Voluntary Surrender

If the person sought voluntarily consents to being surrendered to the Requesting State, the Requested State may surrender that person even though the formal requirements of this Treaty have not been complied with.

Article XX
Transit and Overflight

1. Either Contracting State may authorise transportation through its Territory of a person surrendered to the other State by a third State.  A request for transit shall be submitted through the diplomatic channel, or directly between the Attorney-General's Department of Australia and the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Venezuela.  The offices of INTERPOL may also be used for the transmission of the request, which shall contain a description of the person to be transported and a brief statement of the facts of the case.  A person in transit may be held in custody during the period of transit.

2. No authorisation is required where air transportation is used and no landing is scheduled on the territory of the other Contracting State.  If an unscheduled landing occurs on the territory of the other Contracting State, it may require the submission of a request for transit pursuant to paragraph 1 of the Article.  That Contracting State shall detain the person to be transported until the request is effected, so long as the request for transit is received within 96 hours of the unscheduled landing.

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Article XXI
Expenses

1. The Requested State shall make all necessary arrangements for and meet the cost of any proceedings arising out of a request for extradition and shall otherwise represent the interests of the Requesting State.

2. The Requesting State shall bear the costs of translation of documents and of conveying the person surrendered.  The Requesting State shall also reimburse the Requested State for expenses incurred by the Requested State in connection with the transit of a person to the Requesting State.

        Article XXII
        Multilateral Obligations

Nothing in this Treaty shall affect any obligations which have been or shall in the future be assumed by the contracting States under any multilateral Convention to which they are both party.

        Article XXIII
Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters

Subject to any further treaty between them, the Contracting States agree to afford each other, in accordance with their laws, mutual assistance to the maximum extent possible for the purposes of the investigation of any offence and for the purposes of any criminal proceedings under their jurisdiction.

SCHEDULE—continued

Article XXIV
        Entry into Force and Termination

1. This Treaty shall enter into force thirty (30) days after the date on which the Contracting States have notified each other