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advise the requesting State.

SCHEDULE—continued

Article V

EXTRADITION PROCEDURE AND REQUIRED DOCUMENTS

1. A request for extradition shall be made in writing and shall be communicated through the diplomatic channel. All documents submitted in support of a request for extradition shall be duly authenticated.
2. A request for extradition shall be accompanied by the following documents and information:
      (a) if the person is accused of an offence—a warrant for the arrest or a copy of the warrant for arrest of the person, a statement of each offence for which extradition is requested and a statement of the acts or omissions which are alleged against the person in respect of each offence;
      (b) if the person has been convicted of an offence—such documents as provide evidence of the conviction and the sentence imposed, the fact that the sentence is immediately enforceable, and the extent to which the sentence has not been carried out;
      (c) if the person has been convicted of an offence but no sentence has been imposed—such documents as provide evidence of the conviction and a statement affirming that it is intended to impose a sentence;
      (d) in all cases—a copy of the relevant provision of the law including any law relating to the limitation of proceedings, as the case may be, and a statement of the punishment or detention order that can be imposed for the offence; and
      (e) in all cases—information or documentation which will help to establish the identity of the person whose extradition is requested.
3. Subject to the law of the requested State, extradition may be granted of a person sought pursuant to the provisions of this Treaty, notwithstanding that the requirements of paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article have not been complied with, provided that the person sought consents to an order for extradition being made.
4. A Contracting State which sends to the other Contracting State a document in accordance with this Treaty that is not in the language of the other State shall, if requested, provide a translation of the document into the language of the other Contracting State.

Article VI

AUTHENTICATION OF DOCUMENTS

1. A document that, in accordance with Article V, accompanies a request for extradition shall be admitted, if duly authenticated, in any extradition proceedings in the territory of the requested State.
2. A document is duly authenticated for the purposes of this Treaty if;
      (a) it purports to be signed or certified by a judge, magistrate or officer in or of the requesting State; and
      (b) it purports to be authenticated by an official or public seal of the requesting State.

Article VII

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

1. If the requested State considers that the information furnished in