UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION PROVIDED BY SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS 18 SEPTEMBER 2014 The competent authority of the State may sign bilateral or multilateral agreements or measures in connection with investigation matters or the procedures in one or more countries for the purpose of forming a joined investigation teams and conducting of joint investigations. Where no such agreements or measures exist, joint investigations may be conducted separately on the basis of every individual case. Article (38) The competent authority shall on its own discretion send the information obtained during the investigations and the collection of evidence, where it thinks this information may benefit the competent authorities in another country, after obtaining an undertaking of maintaining confidentiality of the information from the recipient. Extradition: Article (39) Offences stipulated in this law shall be considered offences whose perpetrators may be repatriated. For the purposes of this Law, offences stipulated herein shall not be considered political offences, offences connected to political offences nor offences with political motives. Article (40) The extradition request shall not be accepted in the following cases: 1. Where substantial grounds exist for believing that the extradition request is made in order to accuse or punish a person because of his/her sex, race, religion, nationality, race, political convictions, or where the execution of the order would affect his status because of any of the aforesaid reasons. 2. Where the extradition offence is the subject‐matter of a claim settled by virtue of a final verdict in the State. 3. Where a person requested to be repatriated under the laws in either of the two countries, is no longer subject to trial or punishment for whatever reason including limitation or pardon. 4. Where substantial grounds exist for believing that the person requested to be repatriated has been or would be subjected to torture, cruel, inhuman or demeaning treatment and where no minimum guarantees under recognised international standards would be available for such a person under the relevant criminal procedures. 5. Where the person requested to be repatriated is a Qatari national.