Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F1996B02096:body:0:p5
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F1996B02096
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or at such earlier time as the person's presence is no longer required.
3. Where the sentence imposed on a person transferred under this Article expires while the person is in the Requesting State, that person shall be released and thereafter treated as a person referred to in Article XI.

ARTICLE XI—AVAILABILITY OF OTHER CONSENTING PERSONS TO GIVE EVIDENCE OR ASSIST INVESTIGATIONS IN THE REQUESTING STATE

1. A request may be made for assistance in facilitating the availability of a person to assist in an investigation, or to appear as a witness in proceedings in relation to an offence in the Requesting State, except where that person is the subject of the investigation or the person charged with the offence.
2. The Requested State shall, if satisfied that appropriate arrangements for that person's safety will be made by the Requesting State, request the person to consent to assisting in the investigation or to appearing as a witness in proceedings and shall take all steps necessary to facilitate the request.

ARTICLE XII—SAFE CONDUCT

1. When the Requesting State wishes the Requested State to assist it in making a person available to give evidence or assist in an investigation in the Requesting State, the Requesting State shall provide an adequate undertaking that the person will not, during the period he or she is required for the purpose of assisting an investigation or giving evidence or for a period of twenty days after the person is officially notified that his or her presence is no longer required, be subject to detention, prosecution, punishment or civil suit (being a civil suit to which the person could not be subjected if he or she were not in the Requesting State), in respect of an act or omission which preceded the person's departure from the Requested State.

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2. A person made available for the purposes of Article X or XI shall not without that person's consent be required to give evidence in any proceeding other than the proceeding to which the request relates.

3. A person appearing before an authority in a Requesting State pursuant to a request under Article X or XI shall not be subject to prosecution based on such 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 for the purposes of Article X or XI shall not by reason thereof, be liable to any penalty or be submitted to any coercive measure notwithstanding any contrary statement in the request.

ARTICLE XIII—SEARCH AND SEIZURE

1. The competent authority that has executed a request for search and seizure shall provide such information as may be