Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F1996B02580:body:0:p6
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F1996B02580
Segment Type: other
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Character Range: 13310–15987

in custody and shall return that person in custody to the Requested State at the conclusion of the matter in relation to which transfer is sought under paragraph 1 of this Article or at such earlier time as the person's presence is no longer required.

4. When the Requested Party advises the Requesting Party that the transferred person is no longer required to be held in custody, that person shall be set at liberty and be treated as a person referred to in Article 13.

ARTICLE 13

Availability of Other Persons to Give Evidence or Assist Investigations

1. The Requesting Party may request the assistance of the Requested Party in seeking a person's consent to:

         (a) appear as a witness in proceedings in relation to a criminal matter in the Requesting State unless that person is the person charged; or
         (b) assist investigations in relation to a criminal matter in the Requesting State.

2. The Requested Party shall, if satisfied that satisfactory arrangements for that person's security will be made by the Requesting Party, request the person to consent to appear as a witness in proceedings or to assist in investigations.

ARTICLE 14

Safe Conduct

1. Subject to paragraph 2, where a person is in the Requesting State pursuant to a request made under Articles 12 or 13:
         (a) that person shall not be detained, prosecuted or punished in the Requesting State, for any offence, nor be subject to any civil suit, being

          a civil suit to which the person could not be subjected if the person were not in the Requesting State, in respect of any act or omission which preceded the person's departure from the Requested State; and
         (b) that person shall not, without that person's consent, be required to give evidence in any proceedings or to assist any investigation other than the proceedings or investigation to which the request relates.

2. Paragraph 1 of this Article shall cease to apply if that person, being free to leave, has not left the Requesting State within a period of 30 days after that person has been officially notified that that person's presence is no longer required or, having left, has returned.

3. A person appearing in the Requesting State pursuant to a request made under Articles 12 or 13 shall be subject to the law of that State relating to contempt, perjury and the making of false declarations.

4. A person who does not consent to a request pursuant to Articles 12 or 13 shall not, by reason thereof, be liable to any penalty or be subjected to any coercive measure notwithstanding any contrary statement in the request or in any document accompanying the request.

ARTICLE 15

Provision of