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the Requested State of criminal judgments 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 prisoners 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 authorities

1. The Contracting Parties shall each appoint a Central Authority to transmit and receive requests for the purpose of this Treaty. The Central Authority of Australia shall be the Attorney-General of the Commonwealth or the Attorney-General's Department if so designated by the Attorney-General and the Central Authority of the Republic of Korea shall be the Minister of Justice or an official designated by that Minister.  On entry into force of this Treaty, each Contracting Party shall inform the other of the title of its respective Central Authority.  Each Contracting Party shall inform the other of any change in its Central Authority.

2. The Central Authorities shall communicate through the diplomatic channel or directly with one another for the purposes of this Treaty.

Article 4

Refusal of assistance

1. Assistance may 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; 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, in the Requested or Requesting State, the offender has been finally acquitted or pardoned or has served the sentence imposed;
         (c) there are substantial grounds for believing that the request for assistance has been made for the purpose of prosecuting or punishing a person on account of that person's race, sex, religion, nationality or political opinions or that that person's position may be prejudiced for any of these reasons;
         (d) the Requested State is of the opinion that the request, if granted, would prejudice its sovereignty, security, national interest or other essential interests;
         (e) the request relates to the prosecution or punishment of a person for an offence where the acts or omissions alleged to constitute that offence would not, if they had taken place within the jurisdiction of the Requested State, have constituted an offence;
         (f) 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