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give evidence or to assist in investigations in the Requesting State, and where such persons are in custody arranging for their temporary transfer to that State;

       (g) service of documents; and

       (h) other assistance consistent with the objects of this Treaty which is not inconsistent with the law of the Requested State.

5. Assistance shall not include:

       (a) the extradition of any person;

       (b) the execution in the Requested State of criminal judgements imposed in the Requesting State except to the extent permitted by the law of the Requested State and this Treaty; and

       (c) the transfer of persons in custody to serve sentences.

Article 2
Other assistance

This Treaty shall not derogate from obligations subsisting between the Contracting Parties whether pursuant to other Treaties or arrangements or otherwise nor prevent the Contracting Parties providing assistance to each other pursuant to other Treaties or arrangements or otherwise.

Article 3
Central Office

1. The Contracting Parties shall each appoint a Central Office to transmit and receive requests for the purpose of this Treaty.  The Central Office of Australia shall be the Attorney-General's Department, Canberra and the Central Office of the Republic of Indonesia shall be the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Indonesia, Jakarta.  Either State shall notify the other of any change of its Central Office.

2. Requests for assistance shall be made through the Central Offices which shall arrange for the prompt carrying out of such requests.

Article 4
Refusal of assistance

1. Assistance shall be refused if:

       (a) the request relates to the prosecution or punishment of a person for an offence that is regarded by the Requested State as:

           (i) an offence of a political character except the murder, or attempted murder, of the Head of State or members of his or her family; or

           (ii) an offence under military law of the Requested State which is not also an offence under the ordinary criminal law of the Requested State;

       (b) the request relates to the prosecution of a person for an offence in respect of which the offender has been finally acquitted or pardoned or has served the sentence imposed;

       (c) The request relates to the prosecution or punishment of a person for an offence which, had it been committed in the Requested State, could no longer be prosecuted by reason of lapse of time, the death of the alleged offender, double jeopardy or could no longer be prosecuted for any other reason;

       (d) there are substantial grounds for believing that the request for assistance has been made merely for the purpose of prosecuting or punishing that person on account of that person's race, sex, religion, nationality or political opinions or that that person's position