Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2008L00529:body:0:p6
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2008L00529
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the offence, and a statement of the punishment which can be imposed therefor and any time limit on the institution of proceedings, or on the execution of any punishment for that offence.

(3) If the request relates to an accused person it shall also be accompanied by a copy of the warrant of arrest issued by a judge, magistrate or other competent authority of the requesting Party and by such evidence as, according to the law of the requested Party, would justify committal for trial if the offence had been committed within the jurisdiction of the requested Party.

(4) If the request relates to a person already convicted or sentenced, it shall also be accompanied by:
 (a) a copy of the certificate of the conviction or sentence; and
 (b) if the person was convicted but not sentenced, a statement to that effect by the appropriate court and a copy of the warrant of arrest; or
 (c) if the person was sentenced, a statement indicating that the sentence is enforceable and how much of the sentence has still to be served.
ARTICLE 10
AUTHENTICATION

(1) Any document that, in accordance with Article 9, accompanies a request for surrender shall be admitted in evidence, if authenticated, in any proceedings in the jurisdiction of the requested Party.

(2) A document is authenticated for the purposes of this Agreement if:
 (a) it purports to be signed or certified by a Judge, Magistrate or other officer authorised by the requesting Party; and
 (b) it purports to be sealed with an official or public seal of the requesting Party or of an officer of the requesting Party.
ARTICLE 11
LANGUAGE OF DOCUMENTATION

All documents submitted in accordance with this Agreement shall be in, or translated into, an official language of the requested Party, to be specified by the requested Party in each case.

ARTICLE 12
PROVISIONAL ARREST

(1) In urgent cases the person sought may, in accordance with the law of the requested Party, be provisionally arrested on the application of the requesting Party. The application for provisional arrest shall contain an indication of intention to request the surrender of the person sought and the text of a warrant of arrest or a judgment of conviction against that person, a statement of the penalty for that offence, and such further information, if any, as would be necessary to justify the issue of a warrant of arrest had the offence been committed, or the person sought convicted, within the jurisdiction of the requested Party.

(2) An application for provisional arrest may be forwarded through the same channels as a request for surrender or through the International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol).

(3) The provisional arrest of the person