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The European Convention on Extradition Order 2001

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ARTICLE 20HANDING OVER OF PROPERTY

1.  The requested Party shall, insofar as its law permits and at the request of the requesting Party, seize and hand over property:

(a)which may be required as evidence or

(b)which has been acquired as a result of the offence and which, at the time of the arrest, is found in the possession of the person claimed or is discovered subsequently.

2.  The property mentioned in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be handed over even if extradition, having been agreed to, cannot be carried out owing to the death or escape of the person claimed.

3.  When the said property is liable to seizure or confiscation in the territory of the requested Party, the latter may, in connection with pending criminal proceedings, temporarily retain it or hand it over on condition that it is returned.

4.  Any rights which the requested Party or third parties may have acquired in the said property shall be preserved. Where these rights exist, the property shall be returned without charge to the requested Party as soon as possible after the trial.

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