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6.
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(a)
Provisional arrest shall be terminated if the Requested
State has not received the request for extradition and supporting
documents through the channel provided for in Article 6 within thirty
(30) days after the arrest. The competent authorities of the
Requested State, insofar as it is permitted by the law of that State,
may extend that delay with regard to the receipt of the documents.
However, the person sought may be granted bail at any time subject
to the conditions considered necessary to ensure that the person
does not leave the country; and
(b)
The provisions of paragraph (a) shall be without prejudice to the right
of the person so arrested to be released in accordance with the
domestic law of the Requested State.
The release of the person pursuant to paragraph 5 of this Article shall not
prevent re-arrest and institution of proceedings with a view to extraditing
the person sought if the request and supporting documents are
subsequently received.
ARTICLE 11
CONCURRENT REQUESTS
1.
Where requests are received from two or more States for the extradition of
the same person either for the same offence or for different offences, the
Requested State shall determine to which of those States the person is to
be extradited and shall notify those States of its decision.
2.
In determining to which State a person is to be extradited, the Requested
State shall have regard to all the relevant circumstances, and, in particular,
to:
(a)
if the requests relate to different offences, the relative seriousness of
those offences;
(b)
the time and place of commission of each offence;
(c)
the respective dates of the requests;
(d)
the nationality of the person to be extradited;
(e)
the ordinary place of residence of the person to be extradited;
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