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regard to

all

the circumstances, including the relevant provisions of such arrangements, the place of commission of the offences, their relative seriousness, the respective dates of the requests, the nationality of the fugitive offender and the possibility of subsequent surrender to another State.

ARTICLE 11

Documents accompanying a request for surrender shall

be admitted in evidence if duly authenticated.

duly authenticated if it purports to be:

A document is

(a) signed or certified by a judge, magistrate or an

official of the requesting Party; and

(b)

sealed with the official seal of the competent authority of the requesting Party.

ARTICLE 12

(1)

The

requested Party shall review for legal sufficiency documentation in support of a request for the surrender of a fugitive offender prior to submission

authorities and shall deal

Party before such authorities.

(2)

arrest

of

maintenance

to its judicial with the request of the requesting

The requested Party shall bear the expenses of the the person whose surrender is requested, of the i l custody of the person until he is handed over to a person nominated by the requesting Party and in relation to any legal proceedings before the judicial authorities of the requested Party arising out of the request for surrender.

(3)

The requesting Party shall bear the expenses incurred