- - --- - -- --- @) -- -- -- - - -- - -- --- Southern African Development Community 2. A request for the consent of the Requested State under this Article shall be accompanied by the documents mentioned in Article 6 of this Protocol and a legal record of any statement made by the extradited person with respect to the offence. 3. Paragraph 1 of this Article shall not apply if the person has had an opportunity to leave the Requesting State and has not done so withinthirty (30) days of final discharge in respect of the offence for which that person was extradited or ifthe person has voluntarilyreturned to the territory of the RequestingState after leavingit. ARTICLE 17 TRANSIT 1. Where a person is to be extradited to a State Party from a Third State through the territory of the other State Party, the State Party to which the person is to be extradited shall request the other State Party to permit the transit of that person through its territory. This does not apply where air transport is used and no landing in the territory of the other State Party is scheduled. 2. Upon receipt of such a request, which shall contain relevant information, the Requested State shall deal with this request pursuant to procedures provided by its own laws. The Requested State shall grant the request expeditiously unless its essential interest would be prejudiced thereby. 3. The State of transit shall ensure that legal provisions exist that would enable the detention of the person in custody during transit. 4. In the event of an unscheduled landing, the State Party to be requested to permit transit may, at the request of the escorting officer, hold the person for such reasonable period as may be permitted by its laws, pending receipt of the transit request to be made in accordance with paragraph 1 of this Article. Protocol on Extradition 12