Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F1999B00145:body:0:p7
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F1999B00145
Segment Type: other
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Character Range: 15475–18191

as soon as circumstances permit or as otherwise agreed by both Central Authorities;
 (c) the receiving State shall not require the sending State to initiate extradition proceedings for the return of the person transferred;
 (d) the person transferred shall receive credit for service of the sentence imposed in the sending State for time served in the custody of the receiving State; and
 (e) where the sending State advises the receiving State 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 10.

Article 12
Safe Conduct

1. A person present in the Requesting State pursuant to Articles 10 or 11 shall not be subject to service of process, or be detained, prosecuted, or subjected to any restriction of personal liberty by reason of any acts or convictions which preceded that person's departure from the Requested State.

2. The safe conduct provided for by this Article shall cease twenty‑five days after the Central Authority of the Requesting State has notified the Central Authority of the Requested State that the person's presence is no longer required, or if the person has left the Requesting State and voluntarily returned to it.

Article 13
Location or Identification of Persons

The Requested State shall use its best efforts to ascertain the location or identity of persons specified in the request.

Article 14
Service of Documents

1. The Requested State shall use its best efforts to effect service of any document which is transmitted to it for this purpose by the Requesting State.

2. The Requesting State shall transmit any request for the service of a document requiring the appearance of a person before an authority in the Requesting State a reasonable time before the scheduled appearance.

3. The Requested State shall return a proof of service in the manner specified in the Request.

Article 15
Search and Seizure

1. The Requested State shall execute a request for the search, seizure, and delivery of any article to the Requesting State if the request includes the information justifying such action under the laws of the Requested State.

2. Upon request, every official who has custody of a seized article shall certify, through the use of Form C appended to this Treaty, the continuity of custody, the identity of the article, and the integrity of its condition.  The certificates shall be admissible in evidence in courts of the United States of America as proof of the truth of the matters set forth therein.

3. The Central Authority of the Requested State may require that the Requesting State agree to terms and conditions deemed necessary to protect the articles