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4.
Each State Party shall furnish copies of its laws and regulations that give
effect to the provisions of this Article and of any subsequent amendments to
such laws and regulations or a description thereof to the Secretary-General of
the United Nations.
5.
The request submitted under this Article may be refused or provisional
measures lifted if the requested State Party does not timely receive the order of
the competent authorities of the requesting State Party or documents required
for the competent authorities of the requested State Party to adopt this decision.
6.
Before lifting any provisional measure taken pursuant to this Article, the
requested State Party shall, wherever possible, provide the requesting State
Party with an opportunity to validate (set out its reasons for) further
implementation of this measure.
7.
The provisions of this Article shall not be construed as prejudicing the
rights of bona fide third parties.
Article 34. Special cooperation
1.
Without prejudice to its domestic law, each State Party shall aim to take
measures to forward, on its own initiative and without prejudice to its own
investigations or judicial proceedings carried out by its competent authorities,
information on property which proceeds of an offence established in accordance
with this Convention to another State Party, when it considers that the
disclosure of such information might give grounds for the competent authorities
of the receiving State Party to initiate investigation or judicial proceedings or
might result in a request by that State Party under this chapter of the
Convention.
Article 35. Return and disposal of property
1.
A State Party which confiscated property in accordance with the
provisions of this chapter shall dispose of it, including return of the property to
its prior legitimate owners, in accordance with paragraph 3 of this Article and
its domestic law.