Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2004C00100:body:0:p6
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2004C00100
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more than one State, either for the same offence or for different offences, the Requested State shall make its decision having regard to all the circumstances and especially the relative seriousness and place of commission of the offences, the respective dates of the requests, the nationality of the person claimed and the possibility of subsequent extradition to another State.

ARTICLE 14

(1) The Requested State shall promptly communicate to the Requesting State the decision on the request for extradition.

(2) The Requested State shall give the reasons for any complete or partial rejection of the requested for extradition.

ARTICLE 15

 The Requested State may postpone the extradition of a person claimed in order to prosecute him for an offence, other than an offence constituted by the act or omission for which his extradition is requested, or so that he may serve a sentence for such an offence, and shall advise the Requesting State accordingly.

ARTICLE 16

(1) Where extradition of a person claimed is granted, he shall be conveyed by the appropriate authorities in the Requested State to a port or airport in the territory of that State agreed between that State and the Requesting State.

(2) The date on which the person claimed is to be surrendered to the Requesting State shall be agreed between that State and the Requested State in conformity with the law of the Requested State.

ARTICLE 17

(1) To the extent that the law of the Requested State permits, any property that may be material as evidence in proving the offence for which the extradition of a person claimed is requested or that has been acquired by him directly or indirectly as a result of the offence shall, if the Requesting State so requests, be delivered up with the person claimed on his surrender.

(2) Any property so delivered shall be returned to the Requested State free of charge after the trial of the person extradited if that State so requests.

ARTICLE 18

(1) Subject to paragraph (3) of this Article, a person extradited under this Treaty shall not:

 (a) be detained or tried, or be subjected to any other restriction of his personal liberty, in the Requesting State for any offence committed before his extradition other than —
 (i) an offence for which he was extradited or any other offence of which  he could be convicted upon proof of the facts upon which the request for his extradition was based; or
 (ii) any other extraditable offence in respect of which the Requested State consents to his being so detained or tried, or subjected to any other restriction of his personal liberty; or

 (b) be  detained in the Requesting State for the purpose of