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of, impeding the arrest or prosecution of a person who has committed, or attempting or conspiring to commit, an offence described in this paragraph.
        (xxxvi) Any offence which would be described in this paragraph if the description contained a reference to any intent or state of mind on the part of the person committing the offence, or to any circumstance of aggravation, necessary to constitute the offence.
2. Extradition shall only be granted for an act or omission constituting an offence referred to in paragraph 1 if:
    (a) in the requesting State the offence is punishable by a maximum punishment that is not less severe than imprisonment or other deprivation of liberty for a period exceeding one year; and
    (b) in the requested State the offence is, or if it had been committed there in similar circumstances would have been, punishable by a maximum punishment that is not less severe than imprisonment or other deprivation of liberty for a period exceeding one year.
3. Extradition shall also be granted in respect of any other offence that is, according to the laws of both Contracting Parties, one for which extradition may be granted.
4. Where a person has been convicted in his absence of an offence referred to in paragraphs 1 or 3 and the conviction is not a final conviction, then, for the purposes of this Treaty, the person shall be deemed not to have been convicted of that offence but shall be deemed to be accused of that offence.

Article 3
1. A person shall not be extradited if—
    (a) the offence for which his extradition is requested is regarded by the requested State as an offence of a political character or as an offence connected with an offence of a political character; or
    (b) the requested State has substantial grounds for believing that the request for extradition was made for the purpose of prosecuting or punishing the person by reason of his race, religion, nationality or political opinions or that his position may be prejudiced for any of these reasons.
2. An offence against the law relating to genocide shall not be regarded as an offence of a political character or an offence connected with an offence of a political character.
Article 4
1. Either Contracting Party may refuse to extradite its own nationals.
2. If Australia requests the extradition of a person born in Finland of Finnish nationality who, at the time of the request for extradition, is a permanent resident of Finland and a national of Denmark, Iceland, Norway or Sweden, Finland shall have the right to recommend that the request for extradition be withdrawn, specifying the reasons therefor.
3. If extradition is not granted in