Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F1997B01931:body:0:p7
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F1997B01931
Segment Type: other
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Character Range: 15002–17698

been made for the extradition of a person, he shall be conveyed by the appropriate authorities in the requested State to such place of embarkation in the territory of that State and at such time as are agreed by the Contracting Parties.

ARTICLE 17

Expenses incurred in the territory of the requested State by reason of extradition shall be borne by that State. However, the requesting State shall bear any expenses occasioned by being legally represented before the courts of the requested State and by conveying the person from the place of embarkation referred to in Article 16.

ARTICLE 18

(1) When the extradition of a person is granted, the requested State shall, so far as its law allows, hand over to the requesting State all articles, including sums of money, that—
    (a) may serve as proof of the offence; or
    (b) have been acquired by the person as a result of the offence and are in his possession.
(2) If the articles in question are liable to seizure or confiscation in the territory of the requested State, that State may, in connexion with pending proceedings, temporarily

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retain them or hand them over on condition that they are returned without charge after the termination of the proceedings against the person extradited.
(3) The provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not prejudice the rights of the requested State or of any persons other than the person being extradited and, where any such rights exist, the articles shall, if the requested State so requests, be returned to the requested State without charge after the termination of the proceedings against the person extradited.

ARTICLE 19

If a document that is sent from a Contracting Party to the other Contracting Party in accordance with this Treaty is not in the language of the other Contracting Party, the first-mentioned Contracting Party shall also send a translation of the document into that language.

ARTICLE 20

(1) Where requests are received from the requesting State and from one or more other States for the extradition of the one person, the requested State shall, subject to its obligations under Treaties with the other States, determine to which of those States the person is to be extradited.
(2) In determining to which State a person is to be extradited, the requested State shall have regard to all the circumstances and, in particular, to the relative seriousness of the offences to which the requests relate, the places where the offences were committed, the respective dates on which the requests were received, the nationality of the person and his ordinary place of residence.

ARTICLE 21

(1) Where—
    (a) a person is to be extradited for an offence by