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4. When the offence has been committed outside the territory of the Requesting State extradition shall be granted when the law of the Requested Party provides for the punishment of an offence committed outside its territory in similar circumstances. When the law of the Requested Party does not so provide the Requested Party may, in its discretion, grant extradition.

5. Extradition may be granted pursuant to the provisions of this Treaty irrespective of when the offence in relation to which extradition is sought was committed, provided that it was an offence under the laws of both Parties at the time of the acts or omissions constituting the offence and at the time of the making of the request for extradition.

ARTICLE 3

Offences which are made extraditable by multilateral conventions to which both States are parties shall also be extraditable offences for the purposes of this Treaty.

ARTICLE 4

Extradition shall be granted for offences against laws relating to taxation, customs duties, foreign exchange control or other revenue matters where the acts or omissions constitute an extraditable offence against the laws of both Parties.

Exceptions to Extradition
ARTICLE 5

1. Extradition shall not be granted for offences regarded as political offences by the Requested Party or connected with offences of that nature. For the purposes of this Treaty the murder or other offence against the life, physical integrity or liberty of a Head of State or of Government, or a member of that person's family, shall not be considered a political offence.

2. Extradition shall also not be granted if the Requested Party has substantial grounds for believing that the request for extradition has been made with the aim of prosecuting or punishing a person on account of that person's race, religion, nationality or political opinions, or that the person's situation may be prejudiced for any of those reasons.

ARTICLE 6

Extradition shall not be granted for an offence which is a military offence only and not an offence under the ordinary criminal law of both Parties.

ARTICLE 7

Extradition shall not be granted if final judgment has been passed or the person has been pardoned or granted an amnesty in the Requested State or has served the sentence for the acts or omissions constituting the offence for which extradition is requested.

ARTICLE 8

Extradition shall not be granted when criminal proceedings can no longer be instituted by reason of lapse of time or any other cause in accordance with the law of either Party.
ARTICLE 9

Extradition shall not be granted if the person sought is liable to be tried by an extraordinary or special tribunal in the territory of the Requesting State, nor for the enforcement of