Extradition Article Conditional Requirement

Terms and conditions to be applied when delivering a suspect are set out in Article 7 of Law No. 39 these state that:

• The crime must be considered an offense, be punishable in both countries and punishment must be imprisonment
   
• The crime that is the subject of extradition must be punishable under the law of the country requesting extradition (Requesting Country) with a sentence of at least one year where investigations have already been carried out
   
• 2 countries must have the same treatment towards each other for e.g. two countries can agree to exchange  criminals or receive criminal's at a later date from the other country
   
• If a criminal's remaining sentence is less than 6 months in prison the UAE will not give him back to the requesting country