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Article 14

Article 14

 

1. A person who is being detained or is serving a sentence in the territory of the requested Party and whose presence in the territory of the requesting Party is necessary for testimony or other purposes indicated in the request shall be transferred for those purposes to the requesting Party, if the person consents in writing and if the Central Authorities of the Parties agree, when permitted under the laws of the requested Party.

2. The procedure and the terms of transfer and return of a person who is being detained or is serving a sentence in the territory of the requested Party shall be agreed between the Central Authorities of the Parties. The requesting Party shall keep the person transferred pursuant to paragraph 1 in the custody of the requesting Party, unless permitted by the requested Party to do otherwise. The requesting Party shall return the person transferred to the requested Party, as agreed beforehand, or as otherwise agreed between the Central Authorities of the Parties. The person transferred shall receive credit for service of the sentence imposed in the requested Party for the time served in the custody of the requesting Party.

3. The person transferred to the requesting Party pursuant to this Article shall enjoy the safe conduct provided for in Article 13 in the territory of the requesting Party until the return to the territory of the requested Party, unless the person consents and the Central Authorities of the Parties agree otherwise.

4. A person who does not consent to be transferred pursuant to this Article shall not, by reason thereof, be liable to any penalty or be subjected to any compulsory measure in the requesting Party, notwithstanding any contrary statement in the request.