Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F1997B01933:body:0:p9
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F1997B01933
Segment Type: other
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Character Range: 20178–22896

in paragraph 1 of this Article shall, if the Requesting State so requests, be surrendered to the Requesting State even if the extradition, having been consented to, cannot be carried out.
3. Where the law of the Requested State or the rights of third parties so require, any articles so surrendered shall be returned to the Requested State free of charge if that State so requests.

SCHEDULE—continued

ARTICLE 15

TRANSIT

1. Where a person is to be extradited to a Contracting Party from a third State through the territory of the other Contracting Party, the Contracting Party to which the person is to be extradited shall request the other Contracting Party to permit the transit of that person through its territory.
2. Upon receipt of such a request the Requested Contracting Party shall grant the request unless it is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for refusing to do so provided that in any case, the transit of a person may be refused on any ground on which the extradition of that person might be refused under this Treaty.
3. Permission for the transit of a person shall, subject to the law of the Requested Contracting Party, include permission for the person to be held in custody during transit.
4. Where a person is being held in custody pursuant to paragraph 3 of this Article, the Contracting Party in whose territory the person is being held may direct that the person be released if that person's transportation is not continued within a reasonable time.
5. 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 connection with the transit.

ARTICLE 16

EXPENSES

1. The Requested State shall make all necessary arrangements for and meet the cost of any proceedings arising out of a request for extradition and shall otherwise represent the interest of the Requesting State.
2. The Requested State shall bear the expenses incurred in its territory in the arrest and detention of the person whose extradition is requested until the person is surrendered to a person nominated by the Requesting State.
3. The Requesting State shall bear the expenses incurred in conveying the person from the territory of the Requested State.

ARTICLE 17

LANGUAGE

A Contracting Party which sends to the other Contracting Party a document in accordance with this Treaty that is not in the language of the other Contracting Party shall provide a translation of the document into the language of the other Contracting Party.

ARTICLE 18

RESOLUTION OF DOUBT

Any doubts and difficulties arising out of the application and interpretation of this Treaty shall be resolved by consultation between