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of a Minister of State of the requesting State.

ARTICLE 13

(1) If the requested State considers that the evidence or information furnished in support of the request for extradition is not sufficient for extradition to be granted, that State may request that additional evidence or information be furnished within such time as it specifies.

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(2) If the additional evidence or information is not furnished within the time specified, the requested State shall make its decision on the request on the basis of the evidence and information already furnished.

ARTICLE 14

(1) In case of urgency the requesting State may apply for the provisional arrest of a person pending a request for the extradition of the person.
(2) The application shall be accompanied by—
    (a) a statement that a request for the extradition of the person will be made;
    (b) a statement that a warrant for the arrest of the person for the alleged commission of an offence for which his extradition may be requested under this Treaty has been issued by a Judge, Magistrate or other competent authority in the requesting State or that the person has been convicted of such an offence in the requesting State; and
    (c) such further information, if any, as would, according to the law of the requested State, justify the arrest of the person without the issue of a warrant, or the issue of a warrant for the arrest of the person, if the act or omission constituting the offence had taken place in that State.
(3) The authorities of the requested State shall decide on the application in accordance with the law of that State.
(4) If a request for the extradition of a person who has been arrested upon such an application is not made in accordance with this Treaty within forty days after the arrest of the person, the person may be set at liberty, but nothing in this paragraph prevents the institution of futher proceedings for the purpose of securing the extradition of the person if such a request is subsequently made.

ARTICLE 15

A person who has not been conveyed out of the requested State within sixty days after his committal for extradition, or if proceedings are taken to test the validity of the committal within sixty days after the decision in the proceedings, may be released and the requested State may refuse to extradite him for the same offence.

ARTICLE 16

Where an order has been made for the extradition of a person, he shall be conveyed by the appropriate authorities in the requested State to such place of embarkation in the territory of that State and at such time as are agreed by the