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ARTICLE 8

The Request and Supporting Documents

(1)

Requests

for the surrender of a fugitive offender

shall be made to such appropriate authority as may be

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

(2)

All requests shall be supported by:

(a)

(b)

(c)

as accurate

description as possible of

the person sought, together with any other information which would help to establish

the person's identity, nationality and

location;

a statement and particulars of the offence

for which surrender is requested;

the text of the legal provisions, if any,

creating the offence, and a statement of

the punishment which can

be imposed

therefor and

limit on the

institution of proceedings or on the

execution

any time

of

any punishment for that

offence.

(3)

If the request

shall

be

relates to an accused person it

supported by а copy of the warrant of arrest issued by a judge, magistrate or other competent authority requesting Party and by such evidence as, according to the law of the requested Party, would justify committal

for

if the offence had been committed within the

of the

trial

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