ARTICLE 6
REFUSAL OF SURRENDER
(1) A person shall not be surrendered if the requested
Party has substantial grounds for believing:
(a) that the offence of which that person is accused or
was convicted is an offence of a political character;
(b)
that the request for surrender (though purporting to
be made on account of an offence for which surrender
may be granted) is in fact made for the purpose of
prosecution or punishment on account of race,
religion, nationality or political opinions; or
(c) that the person might, if returned, be prejudiced at
trial or punished, detained or restricted in his or
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her personal liberty by reason of race, religion,
nationality or political opinions.
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(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), an offence of a
political character does not include any offence in
respect of which both
which both Partiès have an obligation in
accordance with a multilateral agreement either to
surrender the person sought or to submit the case to their
competent authorities for decision as to prosecution.
be refused if the
(3) Surrender for an offence shall
shall be refused
person whose surrender is sought cannot under the law of
either Party be prosecuted or punished for that offence.
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