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1. The Requested Party shall promptly notify the Requesting Party of its decision on the request for extradition.
2. Reasons shall be given for any refusal of the request in whole or in part.
3. If the extradition is granted, the Parties shall agree promptly on the date and place of the surrender. The person sought shall be surrendered within thirty (30) days from the date on which the Requesting Party is informed that the extradition has been granted.
4. If circumstances beyond its control prevent a Party from effectuating the surrender, it shall notify the other Party. The two Parties shall agree promptly on a new date for the person to be surrendered within thirty (30) days after receipt of the notification.
5. If, within the time limit indicated in Paragraph 4 of this Article, the Requesting Party does not take over the person to be extradited, the Requested Party may immediately release him from custody and may refuse a new request for extradition made by the Requesting Party for that person for the same offence.
6. The time spent in custody by the extradited person, even under house-arrest, between the date of arrest and the date of surrender, shall be counted by the Requesting Party for the purpose of the sentence to be served in the cases provided for in Article 2, Paragraph 1, of this Agreement.