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ARTICLE 14

PRIMA FACIE RULE AND TERMS OF SURRENDER

(1) A fugitive offender shall be surrendered only if

the evidence be found sufficient according to the law of

the requested Party either to justify the committal for

trial of the person sought if the offence of which he is

accused had been committed in

in the territory of the

requested Party or to prove that he is the identical

person convicted by the courts of the requesting Party.

(2) If a fugitive offender is to be surrendered, the

person sought shall be sent by the authorities of the

requested Party to such convenient place of departure

within that Party's jurisdiction as the requesting Party

shall indicate.

(3) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (4) of this

Article, if the requesting Party does not take custody

of the person sought on the date agreed by the two

Parties, he shall be released on the expiry of such

period as is specified under the law of the requested

Party, and the requested Party may subsequently refuse

to surrender him for the same offence.

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(4) If circumstances beyond its control prevent a

Party from surrendering or taking over the person to be

surrendered, it shall notify the other Party. In that

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