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person through its territory.
2. Transit shall be permitted only if the offences in respect of which the person is being surrendered are offences of a kind which would be extraditable under this Treaty.
3. Permission for the transit of a person shall, subject to the law of the Requested State, 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 of this Article, the Contracting Party in whose territory the person is being held may direct that the person be released if the person's transportation is not continued within a reasonable time.
5. Where air transport is used the following provisions shall apply:
    (a) when no landing is scheduled, the Requesting State shall advise the State whose territory is to be over flown and shall certify that the documents referred to in Article 6 exist. In the case of an unscheduled landing, this advice shall have the effect of a request for provisional arrest pursuant to Article 9 and the Requesting State shall forward a normal transit request;
    (b) when a landing is scheduled, the Requesting State shall forward a normal transit request.

Article 16

Translation

The documents to be produced in support of any request under this Treaty shall be accompanied by a translation into the language of the Requested State.

Article 17

Expenses

Except for the costs of conveying the person extradited and those occasioned by transit, which shall be borne by the Requesting State, expenses resulting from the extradition shall be borne by the State in whose territory they were incurred.

Article 18

Ratification Entry Into Force and Termination

1. Each Contracting Party shall notify the other of the accomplishment of the procedure required for the entry into force of this Treaty. This Treaty shall enter into force thirty days after the date of receipt of the last of these notifications.
2. This Treaty replaces and terminates, with regard to the relations between the Contracting Parties, the provisions of the treaty between France and Great Britain for

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the Mutual Surrender of Fugitive Criminals, signed at Paris on 14 August 1876 and amended by the Convention signed at Paris on 13 February 1896 and the Convention signed at Paris on 17 October 1908.
    3. (a) For any request made after the entry into force of this Treaty extradition may be granted pursuant to the provisions of this Treaty irrespective of whether the offence in relation to which extradition is sought was committed before the entry into force of this Treaty.
    (b) However, any request for extradition presented prior to the entry into force of this Treaty shall be governed by the