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the facilities of Interpol in connection with the processing of individual cases and in furtherance of maintaining and improving the procedures for the implementation of the Treaty.
Article 22 provides that the Contracting States shall, to the extent permitted by their laws, afford each other the widest measure of mutual assistance in criminal matters in connection with an offense for which extradition has been requested.
Article 23 and 24 contain final clauses dealing with the Treaty’s ratification, entry into force and termination. Paragraph 1 of Article 23 states that the Treaty shall be subject to ratification, and the instruments of ratification shall be exchanged as soon as possible. Paragraph 2 states that the treaty shall enter into force upon the exchange of instruments of ratification. Paragraph 3 provides that, upon entry into force of this Treaty, the Treaty for the Mutual Extradition of Criminals between the United States of America and Great Britain, signed at London, December 22, 1931, shall cease to have any effect between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of India, except that the the prior Treaty shall apply to any extradition proceedings in which the extradition documents have already been submitted to the courts of the Requested States at the time this Treaty enters in force.
Article 24 provides that either Contract State may terminate the Treaty at any time by giving written to the other Contract State, and the termination shall be effective six months after the date of such notice.
A Technical Analysis explaining in detail the provisions of the Treaty is being prepared by the United States negotiating delegation and will be submitted separately to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.
The Department of Justice joins the Department of State in favoring approval of this Treaty by the Senate at the earliest possible date.
Respectfully submitted,
