Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2004C00142:body:0:p8
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2004C00142
Segment Type: other
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Character Range: 17307–19955

State or that the person has been convicted of such an offence in the territory of the requesting State; and

 (c) such further information, if any, as would, according to the law in force in the part of the territory of the requested State in which the person is, or is suspected of being, justify the arrest of the person without the issue of a warrant, or justify the issue of a warrant for the arrest of the person, if the act or omission constituting the offence had taken place in similar circumstances in that part of that territory.

3. If a request for the extradition of a person who has been arrested upon such an application is not made in accordance with this Treaty within a reasonable time after the arrest of the person, the person may be set at liberty, but nothing in this paragraph prevents the institution of further proceedings for the purpose of securing the extradition of the person if such a request is subsequently made.

ARTICLE XVIII

1. Where a person is to be extradited for an offence by a third State to a Contracting Party through the territory of the other Contracting Party, the first-mentioned Contracting Party shall request the other Contracting Party to permit the transit of that person through its territory.

2. Upon receipt of such a request the other Contracting Party shall grant the request unless it is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for refusing to do so.

3. Permission for the transit of a person includes permission for the person to be held in custody during transit by a person nominated by the Contracting Party to which the first-mentioned person is to be extradited.

4. The Contracting Party to which the person is being extradited shall reimburse the other Contracting Party for any expense incurred by that other Contracting Party in connexion with the transit.

ARTICLE XIX

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

2. An application under Article XVII of this Treaty may also be made by means of the facilities of the International Criminal Police Organization.

ARTICLE XX

 A document that is sent by 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 XXI

1. The requested State shall bear the expenses incurred in its territory in the arrest of the person whose extradition is requested, in any legal proceedings relating to the extradition of the person and in the maintenance in custody of the person until he is surrendered to a person