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Part One. Article 12 107“(i) In the case of a request pertaining to subparagraph (a) (i) of this paragraph,a description of the property to be confiscated and a statement of thefacts relied upon by the requesting State Party sufficient to enable the requestedParty to seek the order under its domestic law;“(ii) In the case of a request pertaining to subparagraph (a) (ii), a legally admissiblecopy of an order of confiscation issued by the requesting State Party uponwhich the request is based, a statement of the facts and information as to theextent to which the execution of the order is requested;“(iii) In the case of a request pertaining to subparagraph (b), a statement ofthe facts relied upon by the requesting State Party and a description of the actionsrequested;“(e) Each State Party shall furnish the Secretary-General with the text of anyof its laws and regulations that give effect to this paragraph and the text of any subsequentchanges to such laws and regulations; 2“(f) If a State Party elects to make the taking of the measures referred to in subparagraphs(a) and (b) of this paragraph conditional on the existence of a relevant treaty,that Party shall consider this Convention the necessary and sufficient treaty basis;“(g) States Parties shall seek to conclude bilateral and multilateral treaties,agreements or arrangements to enhance the effectiveness of international cooperationpursuant to this article.“5. (a) Proceeds of crime or property confiscated by a State Party pursuantto paragraph 1 or paragraph 4 of this article shall [, without prejudice to therights of bona fide third parties,] be returned to its bona fide lawful owner wheresuch owner can be identified. In other respects, said proceeds or property shall bedisposed of by that Party according to its domestic law and administrative procedures;3“(b) When acting on the request of another State Party in accordance with thisarticle, a Party may give special consideration to concluding agreements on:“(i) Contributing the value of such proceeds and property, or funds derivedfrom the sale of such proceeds or property, or a substantial part thereof, to intergovernmentalbodies specializing in the fight against organized crime;“(ii) Sharing with other States Parties, on a regular or case-by-case basis, suchproceeds or property, or funds derived from the sale of such proceeds or property,in accordance with its domestic law, administrative procedures or bilateralor multilateral agreements entered into for this purpose.“6. (a) If proceeds of crime have been transferred 4 or converted into otherproperty, such property shall be liable to the measures referred to in this article insteadof the proceeds;2At the informal preparatory meeting it was suggested that subparagraph (e) could be transferred to the article on therole of the United Nations and other organizations.3At the informal preparatory meeting it was suggested that there should be no confiscation by the State of any propertyto which a bona fide third party had a legitimate claim.4The term “transferred” was erroneously used in this document instead of the correct one “transformed”. The latterwas included in the subsequent drafts of the convention.