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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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