Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F1996B01845:body:0:p4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F1996B01845
Segment Type: other
Provision Reference: 
Character Range: 7972–10589

8
APPEARANCE OF PERSONS IN CUSTODY
1. A person in custody may with his or her consent, be temporarily transferred from the Requested State to the Requesting State to give evidence or to assist in investigations.
2. Compliance with the request may be delayed if the continued presence of the person in custody in the Requested State is necessary for the purpose of an investigation or proceeding in that State.
3. The person temporarily transferred shall be held in custody and returned as soon as the person's presence is no longer required.
4. Where the custody of a person expires during the period of transfer the transferred person shall be released and entitled to such expenses, including return travel costs, as a person referred to in Article 9.

ARTICLE 9
APPEARANCE OF OTHER PERSONS
1. Any person in the Requested State may be summoned to be heard in criminal proceedings in the Requesting State or requested to assist in investigations in that State.
2. The Requested State shall invite the person named in the summons or request to comply with it and shall inform the Requesting State of the person's answer.
3. A person named in a summons or request may require the Requesting State to advance money to cover travelling and related expenses.

SCHEDULE—continued
ARTICLE 10
SAFE CONDUCT
1. A person made available to give evidence in proceedings or to assist in investigations in the Requesting State shall not be detained, prosecuted or punished in the Requesting State, or be subject to any civil suit being a civil suit to which the person could not be subjected if the person were not in the Requesting State, in respect of any act or omission which preceded that person's departure from the Requested State. That person shall not be required to give evidence in any legal proceeding other than the proceeding to which the request relates.
2. Paragraph 1 of this Article shall cease to apply if that person, not being detained as a prisoner transferred under Article 8. has not left the Requesting State within the period of thirty days after the person has either given evidence or has been officially notified that his or her appearance is no longer required.
3. The evidence given by a person made available to give evidence in proceedings in the Requesting State shall be inadmissible or otherwise disqualified from use in the prosecution of that person for an offence against a law of the Requesting State other than the offence of perjury in relation to the giving of that evidence.
4. A person who does not answer a summons to appear as a witness or expert shall not by reason thereof be liable