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The European Convention on Extradition Order 2001

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PART 22LITHUANIA

Reservations

Article 1

Extradition shall be granted only under the condition that any person suspected of having committed a crime will not be tried in a special court of the requesting Party.

The Republic of Lithuania reserves the right not to grant extradition if the said person, on the grounds of his/her health, age or personal motivation, would be adversely affected by this extradition.

Article 3

The Republic of Lithuania reserves its right referred to in Article 3 of the Convention to decide in each particular case whether acts referred to in Article 3, paragraph 3, of the Convention are regarded as being a political offence.

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Article 6

The term “nationals” means persons having Lithuanian nationality under the Law of the Lithuanian nationality (Citizenship Law). According to Article 6 of the Law on Lithuanian nationality (Citizenship Law), the Republic of Lithuania does not extradite its nationals to foreign countries. All requests for extradition of Lithuanian nationals shall be refused.

Article 12

Written requests for extradition can be exchanged between the Ministry of Justice or the Prosecutor General’s Office of the requesting Party and the Lithuanian Ministry of Justice or Prosecutor General’s Office. The use of diplomatic channels is not excluded.

Article 21

In no case shall the Republic of Lithuania grant transit in respect of Lithuanian nationals.

Article 23

Requests for extradition (including documents in support of the request) have to be accompanied by proper translations in Lithuanian, English, French, Russian or German if these documents are not produced in one of these languages.

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