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 LIBERIA-EXTRADITION-NOV. 1, 1937 arising out of the arrest, detention, examination and surrender of fugitives under this Treaty, shall be made against the government demanding the extradition; provided, however, that any officer or officers of the surrendering government giving assistance, who shall, in the usual course of their duty receive no salary or compensation other than specific fees for services performed, shall be entitled to receive from the government demanding the extradition the cus- tomary fees for the acts or services performed by them in the same manner and to the same amount as though such acts or services had been performed in ordinary criminal proceedings under the laws of the country of which they are officers. ARTICLE X. Everything found in the possession of the fugitive criminal at the time of his arrest, whether being the proceeds of the crime or offense, or which may be material as evidence in making proof of the crime, shall so far as practicable, according to the laws of either of the High Contracting Parties, be delivered up with his person at the time of surrender. Nevertheless, the rights of a third party with regard to the articles referred to shall be duly respected. ARTICLE XI. The stipulations of the present Treaty shall be applicable to all territory wherever situated, belonging to either of the High Con- tracting Parties, or in the occupancy and under the control of either of them, during such occupancy or control. Requisitions for the surrender of fugitives from justice shall be made by the respective diplomatic agents or superior consular offi- cers of the High Contracting Parties. In the event of the absence of such agents or officers from the country or where extradition is sought from territory included in the preceding paragraphs, other than the United States or Liberia, requisitions may be made by superior consular officers. The arrest of the fugitive shall be brought about in accordance with the laws of the respective countries, and if, after an examination, it shall be decided, according to the law and the evidence, that extra- dition is due pursuant to this Treaty, the fugitive shall be sur- rendered in conformity to the forms of law prescribed in such cases. The person provisionally arrested shall be released, unless within two months from the date of commitment in the territory of either one of the High Contracting Parties, the formal requisition for sur- render with the documentary proofs hereinafter prescribed shall be made as aforesaid by the diplomatic agent or superior consular offi- cer of the demanding government, or, in his absence, by a consular officer thereof. If the fugitive criminal shall have been convicted of the crime or offense for which his surrender is asked, a copy of the sentence of the court before which such conviction took place, duly authenticated, Territory affected. Requisitions. Arrest. Release, condition. Papers required. Articles seized with fugitive. 54 STAT.] 1737

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