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in its territory in the arrest of the person whose extradition is requested, in any legal proceedings relating to the extradition of the person and in the maintenance in custody of the person until he is surrendered to a person nominated by the requesting State.

2. The requesting State shall bear the expenses incurred in conveying the person from the territory of the requested State.

ARTICLE XXII

1. For the purposes of this Treaty, the territory of a Contracting Party means all the territory under the jurisdiction of that Party including the airspace over, and the territorial sea of, any such territory and any vessel or aircraft owned by that Party or registered in any such territory.

2. For the purposes of this Treaty, the territory under the jurisdiction of Australia includes the Territories for the international relations of which Australia is responsible.

ARTICLE XXIII

 This Treaty applies to offences that are alleged to be committed, or are committed, on or after the day on which this Treaty enters into force.

ARTICLE XXIV

1. This Treaty shall come into force thirty days after the day on which the Contracting Parties exchange Notes notifying each other that their respective constitutional and other requirements necessary to give effect to this Treaty have been complied with.

2. Either Contracting Party may terminate this Treaty by notice in writing at any time and it shall cease to be in force on the one hundred and eightieth day after the day on which the notice is given.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, being duly authorized thereto by their respective Governments, have signed this Treaty.

DONE in duplicate in the English and Swedish languages, each text being equally authentic, at Stockholm on the twentieth day of March, One thousand nine hundred and seventy-three.

                  For Australia: J. D. PETHERBRIDGE
                            Ambassador

                  For Sweden: KRISTER WICKMAN

Schedule 2 Protocol between Australia and Sweden amending the Treaty concerning extradition done at Stockholm on 20 March 1973
(regulation 4)

PROTOCOL BETWEEN AUSTRALIA AND SWEDEN AMENDING THE TREATY CONCERNING EXTRADITION DONE AT STOCKHOLM ON 20 MARCH 1973

Australia and Sweden, desiring to amend the Treaty between Australia and Sweden concerning Extradition, done at Stockholm on 20 March 1973, have agreed as follows:

Article 1

The text of Article II of the Treaty shall be replaced by the following:

 '1. Subject to the provisions of this Article extradition shall be granted only in respect of offences however described which are punishable under the laws of both Contracting Parties by imprisonment or other deprivation of liberty for a period of more than one year or by a more severe penalty. Where the request for extradition relates to a person convicted of such an offence