Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F1997B01937:body:0:p9
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or omission constituting the offence had taken place in similar circumstances in that part of that territory.

SCHEDULE 1—continued

3. If a request for the extradition of a person who has been arrested upon such an application is not made in accordance with this Treaty within a reasonable time after the arrest of the person, the person may be set at liberty, but nothing in this paragraph prevents the institution of further proceedings for the purpose of securing the extradition of the person if such a request is subsequently made.
Article 18
1. Where a person is to be extradited for an offence by a third State to a Contracting Party through the territory of the other Contracting Party, the first-mentioned Contracting Party shall request the other Contracting Party to permit the transit of that person through its territory.
2. Upon receipt of such a request the other Contracting Party shall grant the request unless it is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for refusing to do so.
3. Permission for the transit of a person includes permission for the person to be held in custody during transit by a person nominated by the Contracting Party to which the first-mentioned person is to be extradited.
4. Where a person is being held in custody pursuant to paragraph 3 the Contracting Party in whose territory the person is being held may direct that the person be released if his 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 19
1. Communications between the Contracting Parties shall be conveyed through the diplomatic channel.
2. An application under Article 17 may also be made by means of the facilities of the International Criminal Police Organization.
Article 20
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, as soon thereafter as is practicable, a translation of the document into that language.
Article 21
1. The requested State shall make all necessary arrangements for and meet the cost of the representation of the requesting State in any proceedings arising out of a request for extradition and shall otherwise represent the interests of the requesting State.
2. The requested State shall bear the expenses incurred in its territory in the arrest of the person whose extradition is requested, in any legal proceedings relating to the extradition of the person and in the maintenance in custody of the person until he is surrendered to a