ARTICLE 17
SURRENDER OF PROPERTY
(1) When a request for surrender is granted the requested
Party shall, 80 far as its law allows hand over, upon
request, to the requesting Party all articles, including
sums of money:
(a) which may serve as proof of the offence; or
(b) which have been acquired by the person sought as a
result of the offence and are in that person's
possession or discovered subsequently.
(2) The requested Party may temporarily
retain any
property mentioned in paragraph (1) if it is the subject
of, or is required for, proceedings in that jurisdiction,
or it may temporarily surrender it on condition that it be
returned free of charge.
(3) These provisions shall not prejudice the rights of
the requested Party or of any person other than the person
sought. When such rights exist the articles shall on
request be returned to the requested Party without charge
as soon as possible after the end of the proceedings.
(4) The, property mentioned in paragraph (1) shall, if the
requesting Party so requests, be surrendered even though
the person cannot be
disappearance or escape.
surrendered owing to death,
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