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Part One. Article 16 145rant and are urgent, and at the request of the requesting Party, take a person whoseextradition is sought and who is present in its territory into custody or take otherappropriate measures to ensure his [or her] presence at extradition proceedings. [SuchState shall immediately make a preliminary inquiry, in accordance with its own laws.]“12. Without prejudice to the exercise of any criminal jurisdiction establishedin accordance with its domestic law, a State Party in whose territory an alleged offenderis found shall:“(a) If it does not extradite him [or her] in respect of an offence established inaccordance with article(s) [...] [alternatively: in respect of an offence covered by thisConvention], on the grounds set forth in article [...], paragraph [...], subparagraph [...],submit the case to its competent authorities for the purpose of prosecution, unlessotherwise agreed with the requesting State Party;“(b) If it does not extradite him [or her] in respect of such an offence and hasestablished its jurisdiction in relation to that offence in accordance with article [...],paragraph [...], subparagraph [...], submit the case to its competent authorities for thepurpose of prosecution, unless otherwise requested by the requesting State Party forthe purposes of preserving its legitimate jurisdiction.“13. If extradition, sought for purposes of enforcing a sentence, is refusedbecause the person sought is a national of the requested State Party, the requestedParty shall, if its law so permits and in conformity with the requirements of suchlaw, upon application of the requesting Party, consider the enforcement of the sentencethat has been imposed under the law of the requesting Party, or the remainderthereof.“14. States Parties shall seek to conclude bilateral and multilateral agreementsto carry out or to enhance the effectiveness of extradition.“15. States Parties may consider entering into bilateral or multilateral agreements,whether ad hoc or general, on the transfer to their country of persons sentencedto imprisonment and other forms of deprivation of liberty for offences to whichthis article applies, in order that they may complete their sentences there.“Option 1“Article 11“Obligation to extradite or prosecute (aut dedere aut judicare)“Each State Party shall take such measures as may be necessary to establish itsjurisdiction over the offences established by this Convention, where the allegedoffender is present in its territory and, solely on the basis of the nationality of theperson sought, it does not extradite that person or conditionally extradite that personfor trial pursuant to article(s) [...] to any of the States Parties that have establishedtheir jurisdiction in accordance with this article.“Option 2“1. The State Party in the territory of which the offender or the alleged offenderis found, if [, solely on the basis of the nationality of the person sought,] it doesnot extradite that person or [temporarily] transfer] [conditionally extradite] that per-