Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F1996B01930:body:0:p5
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F1996B01930
Segment Type: other
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Character Range: 10138–12788

any other serious reason.

3. The person transferred shall be maintained in custody in the territory of the Requesting State, unless the Requested State permits the person to be set at liberty. Thereafter the person shall be treated as a person referred to in article 9.

ARTICLE 11
SAFE CONDUCT AND IMMUNITY
1. A person who consents to give evidence or assist an investigation in the Requesting State under Articles 9 or 10 shall not whilst in the Requesting State pursuant to a request;
     (a) be detained, prosecuted or punished in that Slate for any offence or be subject to any civil suit, to which the person could not be subjected but for his or her presence in that State, in respect of any act or omission which preceded the person's departure from the Requested State; or

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      (b) without that person's consent, be required to give evidence in any proceeding other than the proceeding to which the request relates.

2. The immunity provided for in the preceding paragraph shall cease when the person remains voluntarily more than 30 days in the territory of the Requesting State after the time when that person's presence is no longer required by that State or having left returns voluntarily.

3. A person appearing in a proceeding in the Requesting State pursuant to a request under Articles 9 or 10 shall not be subject to prosecution based on his or her testimony except that that person shall be subject to the laws of that State in relation to contempt and perjury.

ARTICLE 12
PROVISION OF PUBLIC AND OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS
1. The Requested State shall provide copies of any documents or records that are open to public access as part of a public register or otherwise, or that are available for purchase by the public.

2. The Requested State may in its discretion provide copies of any official documents or records in the same manner and under the same conditions as such documents or records may be provided to its own law enforcement and judicial authorities.

ARTICLE 13
PROVISION OF CRIMINAL RECORDS AND DETAILS OF PRISON SENTENCES
1. When cither of the Contracting States requests the other to provide the criminal record of a person, that State shall state the reason for the request. The criminal record shall be provided if this is not prohibited by the law of the Requested State.

2. The Contracting States shall, as far as possible, notify each other of any penalties of imprisonment imposed on the nationals of the other State.

ARTICLE 14
SEARCH AND SEIZURE
The Requested State shall, insofar as its law permits, carry out requests for search, seizure and delivery of any material to the Requesting