Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F1997B01926:body:0:p8
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F1997B01926
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through the territory of the other Contracting Party, the Contracting Party to which or from which the person is to be extradited shall request the other Contracting Party to permit the transit of that person through its territory.

2. Upon receipt of such a request the Requested Contracting Party shall grant the request unless it is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for refusing to do so.

3. Permission for the transit of a person shall, subject to the law of the Requested Contracting Party, include permission for the person to be held in custody during transit.

4. Where a person is being held in custody pursuant to paragraph 3, the Contracting Party in whose territory the person is being held may direct that the person be released if his transportation is not continued within a reasonable time.

5. The Contracting Party to which or from which the person is being extradited shall reimburse the other Contracting Party for any expense incurred by that other Contracting Party in connection with the transit, should the other Contracting Party request reimbursement.

ARTICLE 15
Representation and expenses

1. The Requested State shall review for legal sufficiency documentation in support of an extradition request prior to submission to its judicial authorities and shall deal with the request of the Requesting State before such authorities.

2. The Requested State shall bear the expenses incurred in its territory in the arrest of the person whose extradition is requested, in the maintenance in custody of the person until he is surrendered to a person nominated by the Requesting State, and in relation to any legal proceedings in the Requested State arising out of the request for extradition.

3. The Requesting State shall bear the expenses incurred in conveying the person from the territory of the Requested State.

ARTICLE 16
Mutual assistance in criminal matters

Subject to any further treaty between them, the Contracting Parties agree to afford each other, in accordance with their national law, the widest measure of mutual assistance in criminal matters, where such assistance is requested by their competent judicial authorities for the purpose of the investigation or prosecution of any offence under their jurisdiction.

ARTICLE 17
Entry into force

1. This Treaty shall enter into force on the first day of the second month following the date on which the Contracting Parties shall have notified each other that their legal requirements have been complied with.

SCHEDULE—continued

2. On its entry into force this Treaty shall, as between Australia and the Kingdom of the Netherlands, terminate and replace the Treaty between the United Kingdom and the Kingdom of the Netherlands for the extradition of criminals, signed at London, September 26, 1898.

3. If the