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1. Upon request of the Requesting Party, the Requested Party shall, within the authority of its national law and without prejudice to the rights of others, seize the materials stated below and deliver the same to the Requesting Party at the time of surrender of the person or immediately thereafter:
a) items used in the commission of the offence or which constitute evidence of the offence;
b) items obtained during the commission of the offence if they are in the possession of the person sought at the time of the arrest.
2. The surrender of any of the items indicated in Paragraph 1 of this Article shall be made even when extradition, although already granted, cannot be effected due to the death, disappearance or escape of the person sought.
3. If the seized materials, referred to in Paragraph 1 of this Article, are required for an investigation or prosecution of an offence in the Requested Party, then the delivery of those materials may be delayed, or they may be delivered on condition that they shall be returned after the conclusion of the proceedings in the Requesting Party.
4. Where the law of the Requested Party or the protection of the rights of third parties so requires, any property so surrendered shall be returned to the Requested Party free of charge after the completion of the proceedings, if that Party so requests.