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CONFIDENTON

ARTICLE 9

THE REQUEST AND SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS

(1) Requests for surrender and related documents shall be

conveyed through the appropriate

the appropriate authority

As

may

be

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

(2) The request shall be accompanied by:

(a)

(b)

(C)

as accurate a description as possible of the person

other information which sought, together with any other

would help to establish that person's identity,

nationality and location;

and omissions

a statement of each offence for which surrender is

acts statement of the sought and a

which are alleged against the person in respect of

each offence; and

the text of the legal provisions, if any, creating

the offence, and a statement of the punishment which

on the

and any time limit can be imposed therefor and any

institution of proceedings, or on the execution of

any punishment for that offence.

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