Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F1996B00353:body:0:p4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F1996B00353
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requested is an offence which carries a punishment of the kind referred to in Article 7 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; or
     (e) if, in exceptional cases the Requested State, while also taking into account the nature of the offence and the interests of the Requesting State, deems that because of the personal circumstances of the person sought, the extradition would be totally incompatible with humanitarian considerations.
3. This Article shall not affect any obligations which have been or shall in the future be assumed by the Contracting Parties under any multilateral Convention.

ARTICLE 4

POSTPONEMENT OF EXTRADITION OR SURRENDER

1. The Requested State may postpone the extradition of a person in order to proceed against him, or so that he may serve a sentence for an offence other than an offence constituted by an act or omission for which his extradition is sought.
2. The Requested State may postpone the surrender of a person when the health or other personal circumstances of the person are such as would make surrender dangerous to the life of the person or incompatible with humanitarian considerations.
3. In such cases the Requested State shall advise the Requesting State accordingly.

ARTICLE 5

EXTRADITION PROCEDURE AND REQUIRED DOCUMENTS

1. A request for extradition shall be made in writing and shall be communicated through the diplomatic channel.
2. The request for extradition shall be accompanied:
     (a) if the person is accused of an offence by a warrant for the arrest or a copy of the warrant for arrest of the person, a statement of each offence for which extradition is sought and a statement of the acts or omissions which are alleged against the person in respect of each offence;
     (b) if a person has been convicted in his or her absence of an offence, by a judicial or other document, or a copy thereof, authorising the apprehension of the person, a statement of each offence for which extradition is sought and a statement of the acts or omissions which are alleged against the person in respect of each offence;
     (c) if the person has been convicted of an offence otherwise than in his or her absence, by such documents as provide evidence of the conviction and the sentence imposed the fact that the sentence is immediately enforceable, and the extent to which the sentence has not been carried out;
     (d). if the person has been convicted of an offence otherwise than in his or her absence but no sentence has been imposed, by such documents as provide evidence of the conviction and a statement affirming that it is intended to impose a sentence;

SCHEDULE—continued

     (e) in all cases by the text