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Other: we would need to make some provision (subject to their agreement) for the territorial application of the Treaty, vis-a-vis the Channel Island, the Isle of Man, and the UK Dependent Territories. We would also need to make it explicit whether the Treaty applied to offences committed before 1997: retrospection is not a universal feature of extradition.
We would also like to see a provision that extradition applications are to be dealt with in accordance with the law of the requested party, and that no person shall be extradited until it has been thus decided, including with regard to any law as to the sufficiency of evidence and to the expiration of any further period which may be allowed (ie for appeal proceedings), that he or she is liable to be extradited.
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