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(1)

ARTICLE 9

THE REQUEST AND SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS

Requests for surrender and related documents shall be

as appropriate authority conveyed through

notified from time to time by one Party to the other.

the

(2) The request shall be accompanied by:

(a)

(b)

may be

accurate a description as possible of the person

information which sought, together with any other

would help to establish that person's identity,

nationality and location;

a statement of each offence for which surrender is

a

statement of

sought and

the acts and omissions

which are alleged against the person in respect of

each offence; and

(c) the text of the legal provisions, if any, creating

the

the offence, and a statement of the punishment which

can be imposed therefor and any time limit on

institution of proceedings, or on the execution of

any punishment for that offence.

arrest

(3) If the request relates to an accused person it shall also be accompanied by a copy of the warrant of

issued by a judge, magistrate or other competent authority

of the requesting Party and by such evidence as, according

to the law of the requested Party, would justify committal

for trial if the offence had been committed within the

jurisdiction of the requested Party.

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