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of the acts or omissions alleged against the person whose extradition is sought shall be taken into account and it shall not matter whether, under the laws of the Contracting Parties, the constituent elements of the offence differ.
4. Where extradition of a person is sought for an offence against a law relating to taxation, customs duties, foreign exchange control or other revenue matter, extradition may not be refused on the ground that the law of the Requested Party does not impose the same kind of tax or duty or does not contain a tax, duty, customs, or exchange regulation of the same kind as the law of the Requesting Party.
5. Where the offence has been committed outside the territory of the Requesting Party extradition shall be granted where the law of the Requested Party provides for the punishment of an offence committed outside its territory in similar circumstances. Where the law of the Requested Party does not so provide the Requested Party may, in its discretion, grant extradition.
6. Extradition may be granted pursuant to the provisions of this Treaty in respect of an offence provided that:
    (a) it was an offence in the Requesting Party at the time of the acts or omissions constituting the offence; and
    (b) the acts or omissions alleged would, if they had taken place in the territory

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      of the Requested Party at the time of the making of the request for extradition, have constituted an offence against the law in force in the territory of the Requested Party.

Article 3

Information Required
Extradition shall be granted only if there is sufficient information as would provide reasonable grounds to suspect, according to the laws of the Requested Party, that the person sought has committed the offence for which extradition is requested or information establishing that the person sought is the person convicted by the courts of the Requesting Party.

Article 4

Exceptions to Extradition
1. Extradition shall not be granted under this Treaty in any of the following circumstances:
    (a) when the Requested Party determines that the offence for which extradition is requested is a political offence or an offence connected with a political offence Reference to a political offence shall not include the following offences:
          (i) the taking or attempted taking of the life or an attack on the person of a Head of State or Head of Government or a member of his or her family;
          (ii) an offence in respect of which the Contracting Parties have the obligation to establish jurisdiction or extradite by reason of a multilateral international agreement to which they are both parties; and
          (iii) an offence against the law relating to genocide.
    (b) if there