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it purports to be sealed with an official or public seal of the requesting Party or of an officer of the

requesting Party.

ARTICLE 11

LANGUAGE OF DOCUMENTATION

All documents submitted in accordance with this Agreement shall be in,

or translated into, an official language of the requested Party, to be specified by the requested Party in each case.

ARTICLE 12

PROVISIONAL ARREST

(1)

with

In urgent cases the person sought may, in accordance

the law of the requested Party, be provisionally arrested on the application of the requesting Party. The application for

provisional arrest shall contain an indication of intention to

request the surrender of the person sought and the text of a

warrant of arrest or

judgment of conviction against that

person, a statement of the penalty for that offence, and such

further information, if

any, as would be necessary to justify the issue of a warrant of arrest had the offence been committed, or the person sought convicted, within the jurisdiction of the

requested Farty.

a

(2)

An application

for provisional arrest may be forwarded through the same channels as a request for surrender or through the International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol).

(3)

The provisional arrest of the person sought shall be terminated upon the expiration of forty-five days from the date