39 | II Série A - Número: 099S1 | 23 de Maio de 2008

1. Where a person is to be extradited to a Contracting State from a third State through the territory of the other Contracting State, the Contracting State to which the person is to be extradited shall request the other Contracting State to permit the transit of that person through its territory.
2. Upon receipt of such a request the requested Contracting State shall grant the request unless it is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for refusing to do so, provided that in any case the transit of a person may be refused on any ground on which the extradition of that person might be refused under this Agreement.
3. Permission for the transit of a person shall, subject to the law of the requested Contracting State, include permission for the person to be held in custody during transit.
4. Where a person is being held in custody pursuant to paragraph 3 of this Article, the Contracting State in whose territory the person is being held may direct that the person be released if that person’s transportation is not continued within a reasonable time.
5. The Contracting State to which the person is being extradited shall reimburse the other Contracting State for any expense incurred by that other Contracting State in connection with the transit.
Article 15 Expenses 1. The requested State shall make all necessary arrangements for and meet the cost of any proceedings arising out of a request for extradition.
2. The requested State shall bear the expenses incurred in its territory in the arrest and detention of the person whose extradition is requested until the person is surrendered to a person nominated by the requesting State.
3. The requesting State shall bear the expenses incurred in conveying the person from the territory of the requested State. Article 16 Language A Contracting State which sends to the other Contracting State a document, in accordance with this Agreement, that is not in the language of the other