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Convention as the basis for extradition, shall not consider any of the offences
established in accordance with this Convention to be a political offence.
3.
If the request for extradition concerns several separate offences, at least
one of which is extraditable under this Article while other are not extraditable
due to their terms of punishment but are considered as offences established in
accordance with this Convention, the requested State Party may apply this
Article also in respect of those offences.
4.
If a State Party that makes extradition conditional on the existence of a
treaty receives a request for extradition from another State Party which has no
extradition treaty with the former, this Convention may be considered as a legal
basis for extradition in respect of any offence to which this Article applies.
5.
A State Party that makes extradition conditional on the existence of a
treaty shall:
(a)
at the time of deposit of its instrument of ratification, acceptance or
approval of or accession to this Convention, inform the Secretary General of the
United Nations whether it will apply this Convention as a legal basis for
cooperation on extradition with other States Parties to this Convention; and
(b)
if it does not apply this Convention as a legal basis for cooperation
on extradition, seek, where appropriate, to conclude treaties on extradition with
other States Parties to this Convention in order to apply this Article.
6.
The States Parties that do not make extradition conditional on the
existence of a treaty shall recognize offences to which this Article is applicable
as extraditable offences between themselves.
7.
Extradition shall be subject to the conditions provided for by the domestic
law of the requested State Party or by relevant extradition treaties, including,
inter alia, conditions in relation to the minimum penalty requirements for
extradition and the grounds upon which the requested State Party may refuse
extradition.