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Part One. Article 13 119Rolling text (A/AC.254/4/Rev.5)“Article 7 bis“International cooperation for purposes of confiscation 3“1. Following a request made pursuant to article 7 by another State Party havingjurisdiction over an offence established in article(s) [...] of this Convention [alternatively:an offence covered by this Convention], the State Party in whose territoryproceeds of crime, property, instrumentalities or any other things referred to in paragraph1 of article 7 are situated shall:“(a) Submit the request to its competent authorities for the purpose of obtainingan order of confiscation and, if such order is granted, give effect to it; or“(b) Submit to its competent authorities, with a view to giving effect to it tothe extent requested, an order of confiscation issued by a court in the requesting Partyin accordance with paragraph 1 of article 7, in so far as it relates to proceeds ofcrime, property, instrumentalities or any other things referred to in paragraph 1 ofarticle 7 situated in the territory of the requested Party.“2. Following a request made pursuant to this article by another State Partyhaving jurisdiction over an offence established in article(s) [...] of this Convention[alternatively: an offence covered by this Convention], the requested State Party shalltake measures to identify, trace 4 and freeze or seize proceeds of crime, property, instrumentalitiesor any other things referred to in paragraph 1 of article 7 for the purposeof eventual confiscation to be ordered either by the requesting State Party or, pursuantto a request under paragraph 1 of this article, by the requested State Party.“3. The decisions or actions provided for in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this articleshall be taken by the requested State Party, in accordance with and subject to theprovisions of its domestic law and its procedural rules or any bilateral or multilateraltreaty, agreement or arrangement to which it may be bound in relation to therequesting State Party.“4. The provisions of article 14 are applicable mutatis mutandis. In additionto the information specified in paragraph 10 of article 14, requests made pursuant tothis article shall contain the following:“(a) In the case of a request pertaining to subparagraph 1 (a) of this article, adescription of the property to be confiscated and a statement of the facts relied uponby the requesting State Party sufficient to enable the requested State Party to seekthe order under its domestic law;“(b) In the case of a request pertaining to subparagraph 1 (b) of this article, alegally admissible copy of an order of confiscation issued by the requesting StateParty upon which the request is based, a statement of the facts and information as tothe extent to which the execution of the order is requested;“(c) In the case of a request pertaining to paragraph 2 of this article, a statementof the facts relied upon by the requesting State Party and a description of theactions requested.3At the fifth session of the Ad Hoc Committee, Cyprus proposed that the title should be amended to read “Internationalcooperation for the purposes of provisional measures and confiscation”.4At the fifth session of the Ad Hoc Committee, Cyprus proposed the deletion of the words “identify, trace and”.