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PREAMBLE
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... Recognizing the need to reinforce and
supplement
the
measures
provided in the
Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs
, 1961, that
Convention
as amended by the 1972
Protocol Amending the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs
, 1961, and the 1971
Convention
on
Psychotropic Substances
, in
order
to counter the
magnitude
and
extent
of
illicit traffic
and its
grave
consequences
, ...
ARTICLE-3
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... (h)
Prior conviction
, particularly for similar
offences
, whether
foreign
or
domestic
, to the
extent
permitted under the
domestic law
of a
Party
. ...
ARTICLE-5
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... (ii) Submit to its
competent authorities
, with a
view
to giving
effect
to it to the
extent
requested, an
order
of
confiscation
issued by the requesting
Party
in
accordance
with paragraph l of this
article
, in so far as it relates to proceeds,
property
,
instrumentalities
or any other things referred to in paragraph l situated in the
territory
of the requested
Party
. ...
... (ii) In the
case
of a
request
pertaining to subparagraph (a)(ii), a legally admissible
copy
of an
order
of
confiscation
issued by the requesting
Party
upon which the
request
is based, a
statement
of the
facts
and
information
as to the
extent
to which the
execution
of the
order
is requested; ...
... shall also be
liable
to the
measures
referred to in this
article
,in the same
manner
and to the same
extent
as proceeds. ...
... 7. Each
Party
may consider ensuring that the onus of
proof
be reversed regarding the
lawful
origin
of alleged proceeds or other
property
liable
to
confiscation
, to the
extent
that such
action
is consistent with the
principles
of its
domestic law
and with the
nature
of the
judicial
and other
proceedings
. ...
ARTICLE-7
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... 4. Upon
request
, the
Parties
shall
facilitate
or
encourage
, to the
extent
consistent wit their
domestic law
and
practice
, the
presence
or
availability
of
persons
,
including
persons
in
custody
, who
consent
to assist in
investigations
or
participate
in
proceedings
. ...
... 12. A
request
shall be
executed
in
accordance
with the
domestic law
of the requested
Party
and, to the
extent
not
contrary
to the
domestic law
of the requested
Party
and where possible, in
accordance
with the
procedures
specified in the
request
. ...
... 14. The requesting
Party
may require that the requested
Party
keep
confidential
the
fact
and
substance
of the
request
, except to the
extent
necessary to execute the
request
. If the requested
Party
cannot comply with the
requirement
of
confidentiality
, it shall promptly inform the requesting
Party
. ...
ARTICLE-9
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... 2. Each
Party
shall, to the
extent
necessary, initiate, develop or
improve
specific
training programmes
for its
law enforcement
and other
personnel
,
including
customs
, charged with the
suppression
of
offences
established
in
accordance
with
article
3
, paragraph 1. Such
programmes
shall deal, in particular, with the following: ...
ARTICLE-10
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... 1. The
Parties
shall
co-operate
, directly or through
competent
international
or
regional organizations
, to assist and
support
transit States
and, in particular,
developing countries
in need of such
assistance
and
support
, to the
extent
possible, through
programmes
of
technical
co-operation
on interdiction and other related
activities
. ...
ARTICLE-12
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... 4. If the
Board
, taking into
account
the
extent
, importance and
diversity
of the
licit use
of the
substance
, and the possibility and ease of using alternate
substances
both for
licit purposes
and for the
illicit manufacture
of
narcotic drugs
or
psychotropic substances
,
finds
: ...
... (b) That the volume and
extent
of the
illicit manufacture
of a
narcotic drug
or
psychotropic substance
creates
serious
public health
or
social problems
, so as to
warrant
international action
, it shall
communicate
to the
Commission
an
assessment
of the
substance
,
including
the likely
effect
of
adding
the
substance
to either Table I or Table II on both
licit use
and
illicit manufacture
, together with
recommendations
of
monitoring
measures
, if any, that would be appropriate in the
light
of its
assessment
. ...
ARTICLE-17
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... 1. The
Parties
shall
co-operate
to the fullest
extent
possible to
suppress
illicit traffic
by
sea
, in
conformity
with the
international law
of the
sea
. ...
ARTICLE-27
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... 2. In their
instruments
of
formal confirmation
,
regional economic integration organizations
shall
declare
the
extent
of their
competence
with
respect
to the matters
governed
by this
Convention
. These
organizations
shall also inform the
Secretary-General
of any
modification
in the
extent
of their
competence
with
respect
to the matters
governed
by the
Convention
. ...
... 2. In their
instruments
of
formal confirmation
,
regional economic integration organizations
shall
declare
the
extent
of their
competence
with
respect
to the matters
governed
by this
Convention
. These
organizations
shall also inform the
Secretary-General
of any
modification
in the
extent
of their
competence
with
respect
to the matters
governed
by the
Convention
. ...
ARTICLE-28
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... 2. In their
instruments of accession
,
regional economic integration organizations
shall
declare
the
extent
of their
competence
with
respect
to the matters
governed
by this
Convention
. These
organizations
shall also inform the
Secretary-General
of any
modification
in the
extent
of their
competence
with
respect
to the matters
governed
by the
Convention
. ...
... 2. In their
instruments of accession
,
regional economic integration organizations
shall
declare
the
extent
of their
competence
with
respect
to the matters
governed
by this
Convention
. These
organizations
shall also inform the
Secretary-General
of any
modification
in the
extent
of their
competence
with
respect
to the matters
governed
by the
Convention
. ...
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