Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2013L01473:schedule:1:p6
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2013L01473
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 1 (pt 6/9)
Character Range: 14429–17317

the person sought if the extradition request is subsequently received.
ARTICLE 11
CENTRAL AUTHORITIES

 1.      The Central Authority for Australia is the Australian Government Attorney‑General's Department.  The Central Authority for the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is the Ministry of Public Security.  Either Party may change its Central Authority in which case it shall notify the other of the change through diplomatic channels.

 2.      The Central Authorities may communicate directly with each other for the purposes of this Treaty.

ARTICLE 12
CONCURRENT REQUESTS

 1. Where requests are received from two or more States for the extradition of the same person, the Requested Party shall determine to which of those States the person is to be extradited and shall notify the Requesting Party of its decision.

 2. In determining to which State a person is to be extradited, the Requested Party shall have regard to all relevant circumstances and, in particular, to:

a)                   if the requests relate to different offences – the relative seriousness of the offences;

b)                   the time and place of commission of each offence;

c)                   the respective dates of the requests

d)                   the nationality of the person;

e)                   the ordinary place of residence of the person; and

f)                    the possibility of any of the Requesting States extraditing the person to another State.

ARTICLE 13
SURRENDER

 1. The Requested Party shall, as soon as a decision on the request for extradition has been made, communicate that decision to the Requesting Party.

 2. Where extradition is granted, the Requested Party shall surrender the person from a point of departure in its territory acceptable to both Parties.

 3. The Requesting Party shall remove the person from the territory of the Requested Party within such reasonable period as the Requested Party specifies and, if the person is not removed within that period, the Requested Party may refuse to extradite that person for the same offence.

 4. If circumstances beyond its control prevent a Party from surrendering or removing the person to be extradited, it shall notify the other Party. The Parties shall agree upon a new date of surrender, and the provision of paragraph 3 of this Article shall apply.

ARTICLE 14
SURRENDER OF PROPERTY

 1. To the extent permitted under the law of the Requested Party and subject to the rights of third parties which shall be duly respected, all property found in the Requested Party that has been acquired as a result of the offence or may be required as evidence shall be surrendered if extradition is granted and the Requesting Party so requests.

 2. Subject to paragraph 1 of this Article, the abovementioned property shall, if the Requesting Party so requests, be surrendered to the Requesting Party even if the