Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F1996B01848:body:0:p4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F1996B01848
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the request as soon as practicable after it has been received.
2. The Requested State may postpone the delivery of material requested if such material is required for any proceedings in that State. The Requested State shall. upon request, provide authenticated copies of documents.
3. The Requested State shall promptly inform the Requesting State of circumstances, when they become known to the Requested State, which are likely to cause a significant delay in responding to the request.
4. The Requested State shall promptly inform the Requesting State of a decision of the Requested State not to comply in whole or in part with a request for assistance and the reason for that decision.

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ARTICLE 7
RETURN OF MATERIAL TO REQUESTED STATE
Where required by the Requested State, the Requesting State, after the completion of the proceedings, shall return to the Requested State material provided by the Requested State in fulfilment of the request.

ARTICLE 8
PROTECTING CONFIDENTIALITY AND RESTRICTING USE OF EVIDENCE AND INFORMATION
1. The Requested State shall, to any extent requested, keep a request for assistance. the contents of a request and supporting documents, and the fact of granting of such assistance, confidential. If the request cannot be executed without breaching confidentiality, the Requested State shall so inform the Requesting State which shall then determine the extent to which it wishes the request to be executed.
2. The Requesting State shall, if so requested, keep confidential evidence and information provided by the Requested State, except to the extent that the evidence and information is needed for the investigation and proceeding described in the request.
3. The Requesting State shall not use evidence obtained, nor information derived therefrom, for purposes other than those stated in a request without the prior consent of the Requested State.

ARTICLE 9
SERVICE OF SUMMONSES
A request to effect service of a summons shall be made to a Requested State not less than 45 days before the date on which the personal appearance of any person in the Requesting State is scheduled. In urgent cases, the Requested State may waive this requirement.

ARTICLE 10
TAKING OF EVIDENCE
1. Where a request is made for the purpose of a proceeding in relation to a criminal matter in the Requesting State the Requested State shall, upon request. take sworn or affirmed evidence of witnesses for transmission to the Requesting State.
2. For the purposes of this Article, the giving or taking of evidence may include the production of documents, records or other material.
3. For the purposes of requests under this Article the Requesting State shall specify any particular questions to be put to the witnesses or the subject matter about which they are to