c) locating or identifying persons;
d) serving documents;
e) taking the evidence of persons;
f) providing documents and records;
g) transferring persons in custody;
h) executing requests for searches and seizures.
3. Assistance shall be provided without regard to whether the conduct under investigation or prosecution
in the Requesting State constitutes an offence or may be prosecuted by the Requested State.
4. This Treaty is intended solely for mutual legal assistance between the Parties. The provisions of this
Treaty shall not give rise to a right on the part of a private party to obtain, suppress or exclude any
evidence or to impede the execution of a request.
ARTICLE III
Other assistance
1. The Parties, including their competent authorities, may provide assistance pursuant to other
agreements, arrangements or practices.
2. The Central Authorities may agree, in exceptional circumstances, to provide assistance pursuant to this
Treaty in respect of illegal acts that do not constitute an offence within the definition of offence in Article I.
ARTICLE IV
Obligation to request assistance
1. A Party seeking to obtain documents, records or other articles known to be located in the territory of
the other Party shall request assistance pursuant to the provisions of this Treaty, except as otherwise
agreed pursuant to Article III(1).
2. Where denial of a request or delay in its execution may jeopardize successful completion of an
investigation or prosecution, the Parties shall promptly consult, at the instance of either Party, to consider
alternative means of assistance.
3. Unless the Parties otherwise agree, the consultations shall be considered terminated 30 days after
they have been requested, and the Parties' obligations under this Article shall then be deemed to have
been fulfilled.
ARTICLE V
Limitations on compliance
1. The Requested State may deny assistance to the extent that
a) the request is not made in conformity with the provisions of this Treaty; or