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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)

by reason of the trivial nature of the

offence of which

is accused or wag

convicted; or

(b) by reason of the passage of time since he is

alleged to have committed it

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 of

justice; or

because there exist valid humanitarian

grounds

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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)

the Government of Malaysia is

is the

requested Party, where the surrender would