Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F1996B02092:body:0:p6
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F1996B02092
Segment Type: other
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Character Range: 13402–16063

the prisoner in custody and shall return that prisoner in custody to the Requested State at the conclusion of the proceedings in relation to which transfer to the Requesting State was sought or at such earlier time as that prisoner's presence is no longer required.

4. Where the sentence imposed on a person transferred under this Article expires while the person is in the Requesting State, that person shall thereafter be treated as a person referred to in Article 12.

ARTICLE 12
FACILITATING ATTENDANCE OF OTHER PERSONS TO GIVE EVIDENCE OR ASSIST INVESTIGATIONS

1. A person in the Requested State may, at the request of the Requesting State, be invited to appear in the Requesting State to give evidence or to assist investigations.

2. The Requested State shall, if satisfied that satisfactory arrangements for that person's security will be made by the Requesting State, invite the person to consent to appear in proceedings or to assist in the investigations.

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ARTICLE 13
IMMUNITY

1. A person who consents to give evidence or assist an investigation in the Requesting State under Articles 11 and 12 shall not be detained, prosecuted or punished in the Requesting State for any offence, 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 the person's departure from the Requested State. Without that person's consent, he or she shall not be required to give evidence in any proceeding other than the proceeding to which the request relates.

2. Paragraph 1 of this Article shall cease to apply if that person, being free to leave, has not left the Requesting State within a period of thirty days after that person has been officially notified that that person's presence is no longer required or, having left, has returned.

3. A person appearing in a proceeding in the Requesting State pursuant to a request under Articles 11 or 12 shall not be subject to prosecution based on his or her testimony except that that person shall be subject to the laws of that State in relation to contempt and perjury.

4. A person who does not consent to a request pursuant to Articles 11 or 12 shall not, by reason thereof, be liable to any penalty or be subjected to any coercive measure notwithstanding any contrary statement in the request.

ARTICLE 14
PROVISION OF PUBLICLY AVAILABLE AND OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS

1. The Requested State shall provide copies of any documents or records that are open to public access as part of a public register or otherwise, or that are available for purchase by