Extradition and expulsion

1. Extradition shall only take place following a court decision.

2. Extradition on political grounds is prohibited.

3. Extradition in respect of offences punishable, under the law of the requesting State, by death penalty or life imprisonment or whenever there are grounds to assume that the person to be extradited may be subjected to torture and inhuman, degrading and cruel treatment, shall not be permitted.

4. An East Timorese national shall not be expelled or expatriated from the national territory.