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1y, however, at the time of signature or of the deposit ratification of, or accession to, this Convention,

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grant transit of a person on some or all of the grants extradition. In that event, reciprocity may

transit of the extradited person shall not be carried out any territory where there is reason to believe that his life or his um may be threatened by reason of his race, religion, nationality or olitical opinion.

ARTICLE 22

PROCEDURE

Except where this Convention otherwise provides, the procedure with regard to extradition and provisional arrest shall be governed solely by the law of the requested Party.

ARTICLE 23

LANGUAGE TO BE USED

The documents to be produced shall be in the language of the requesting or requested Party. The requested Party may require a translation into one of the official languages of the Council of Europe to be chosen by it.

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ARTICLE 24

EXPENSES

Expenses incurred in the territory of the requested Party by reason of extradition shall be borne by that Party.

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Expenses incurred by reason of transit through the territory of a Party requested to grant transit shall be borne by the requesting Party. In the event of extradition from a non-metropolitan territory of the requested Party, the expenses occasioned by travel between that territory and the metropolitan territory of the requesting Party shall be borne by the latter. The same rule shall apply to expenses occasioned by travel between the non-metropolitan territory of the requested Party and its metropolitan territory.