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ARTICLE-31: Freezing, seizure and confiscation     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 7. For the purpose of this article and article 55 of this Convention, each State Party shall empower its courts or other competent authorities to order that bank, financial or commercial records be made available or seized. A State Party shall not decline to act under the provisions of this paragraph on the ground of bank secrecy. ...


ARTICLE-46: Mutual legal assistance     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 8. States Parties shall not decline to render mutual legal assistance pursuant to this article on the ground of bank secrecy. ...
... (b) States Parties may decline to render assistance pursuant to this article on the ground of absence of dual criminality. However, a requested State Party shall, where consistent with the basic concepts of its legal system, render assistance that does not involve coercive action. Such assistance may be refused when requests involve matters of a de minimis nature or matters for which the cooperation or assistance sought is available under other provisions of this Convention; ...