Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2004C00100:body:0:p8
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2004C00100
Segment Type: other
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Character Range: 17350–20144

first-mentioned Contracting Party shall notify the other Contracting Party of the proposed transport of the person and shall confirm to the other Contracting Party that, in its opinion, the transport would be in accordance with Article 19.

(2) In the event of an unscheduled landing in the territory of a Contracting Party of an aircraft carrying a person who is being so transported, that Contracting Party may permit the transit but otherwise shall cause the person to be held in custody pending receipt of a request for transit in pursuance of Article 19.

ARTICLE 21

(1) Communications between the Contracting Parties shall be conveyed through the diplomatic channel.

(2) An application under Article 12 may also be made by means of the facilities of the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol).

ARTICLE 22

 Any document that is sent from a Contracting Party to the other Contracting Party in accordance with this Treaty and is not in the language of the other Contracting Party shall be accompanied by a translation of the document into that language.

ARTICLE 23

 Expenses arising from the transportation of a person claimed to the Requesting State shall be borne by that State.  Not other pecuniary claim arising from an extradition or a transit request shall be made by the Requested State against the Requesting State.  The appropriate legal officers of the State in which the extradition proceedings take place shall, by all legal means within their power, assist the Requesting State before the competent judges and officers.

ARTICLE 24

 Except where this Treaty otherwise provides, proceedings with regard to provisional arrest, extradition and transit shall be governed solely by the law of the Requested State.

ARTICLE 25

(1) A reference in this Treaty to the territory of a Contracting Party is a reference to all territory under its jurisdiction.

(2) A reference  in this Treaty to the territory of a Contracting Party shall furthermore include its territorial waters and air-space and vessels and aircraft registered with the competent authority of that Contracting Party if such aircraft is in flight when the offence is committed.  For the purpose of this Treaty an aircraft shall be considered to be in flight at any time from the moment when all its external doors are closed following embarkation until the moment when any such door is opened for disembarkation.

ARTICLE 26

 This Treaty shall also apply to Land Berlin, provided that the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany does not make a contrary declaration to the Government of Australia within three months of the date of entry into force of this Treaty.

ARTICLE 27

 This Treaty applies to offences committed before or after this Treaty enters into force.

ARTICLE 28