CONFIDENTIAL
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)
(c)
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 religion, nationality or political opinions; or
or
punishment
on
of account
race,
that the person might, if returned, be prejudiced at trial or punished, detained or restricted in his or
her personal liberty by reason of race, religion,
nationality or political opinions.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), an offence of
does not include any political
offence
have both Parties respect of
accordance with
a
character
which
in
an obligation
in
a
agreement
either
to
multilateral
surrender the person sought or to submit the case to their competent authorities for decision as to prosecution.
offence shall be refused
if the (3) Surrender for an person whose surrender is sought cannot under the law of either Party be prosecuted or punished for that offence.
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