(1)

To the

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ARTICLE 16

Surrender of Property

extent permitted under the law of the

requested Party, when a request for surrender of a fugitive offender is granted, the requested Party :

(a)

shall hand over to the requesting Party

all articles, including sums of money,

(i) which

serve may

as

of proof

the

offence; or

(ii)

which have been acquired by the

person

as

sought

result a

of the

offence and are in that person's

possession

or

are

discovered

subsequently.

(b)

may,

if

the articles in

question

are

liable to seizure or confiscation within

jurisdiction of the requested Party in

the

connection

with pending proceedings,

temporarily retain them or hand them over on condition they are returned.

(2)

The

prejudice the

person

other

provisions of

rights of the

paragraph (1) requested

shall

not

Party or of any

than the person

sought. When such rights

exist the articles shall on request be returned to the requested Party without charge as soon as practicable after the end of the proceedings.

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