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ARTICLE 19

ADDITIONAL GROUNDS OF REFUSAL

(1)

The surrender of any person sought under the

terms of this Agreement may be refused if it appears to

the appropriate authority of the requested Party that:

(a)

(b)

by reason of the trivial nature of the

offence of which he is accused or was

convicted; or

by reason of the passage of time since he is

alleged to have committed it or to have

become unlawfully at large as the case may

be; or

(c) because the accusation against him is not

made in good faith in the interests

justice; or

of

(d) because there exist valid humanitarian

grounds

it would, having regard to all the circumstances, be

unjust or oppressive to return him.

(2) The requested Party may also refuse to surrender a

fugitive offender:

(a) where the Government of Malaysia is the

requested Party, where the surrender would