Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F1997B01931:body:0:p5
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F1997B01931
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request for the consent of the requested State under this Article shall be accompanied by a copy of any statement made by the extradited person in respect of the offence concerned and by the documents mentioned in subparagraphs (a) to (d) of paragraph 2 of Article 11.
(3) Paragraph 1 of this Article does not apply if the person has left the requesting State, or has had an opportunity, throughout a period of forty-five days beginning on the day on which he was finally set at liberty in due course of law, to leave the requesting State but has failed to do so.

ARTICLE 11

(1) A request for the extradition of a person shall be in writing.
(2) The request shall be accompanied—
    (a) if the person is charged with an offence or is convicted in his absence, by a warrant, duly authenticated, for his arrest and such duly authenticated documents as, according to the law of the requested State, would justify his arrest and trial if the act or omission constituting the offence had been committed in the territory of the requested State;
    (b) if the person has been convicted of an offence, by such duly authenticated documents as prove his final conviction, and a statement showing the punishment imposed on the person and the extent to which the punishment has not been carried out;
    (c) by a statement of the offence for which the extradition is requested and particulars of the act or omission constituting that offence to the extent to which those particulars are not contained in the abovementioned documents;
    (d) by a copy of the relevant provisions of the statute, if any, creating the offence or a statement of the relevant law and in either case a statement of the punishment that can be imposed for the offence; and
    (e) by as accurate a description as possible of the person together with any other information which would help to establish his identity.

ARTICLE 12

(1) A document that is furnished in support of a request for extradition shall be admitted in evidence, if duly authenticated, in any extradition proceedings in the requested State.
(2) A document is duly authenticated for the purposes of this Treaty if—
    (a) in the case of a warrant it is signed, and in any other case it is certified, by a Judge, Magistrate or other competent authority in the requesting State; and
    (b) it is sealed with the official seal 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