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Paragraph 4

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(a)

Each Party shall make the commission of the offences established in accordance with paragraph 1 of this article liable to sanctions which take into account the grave nature of these offences, such as imprisonment or other forms of deprivation of liberty, pecuniary sanctions and confiscation.

(b)

The Parties may provide, in addition to conviction or punishment, for an offence established in accordance with paragraph 1 of this article, that the offender shall undergo measures such as treatment, education, aftercare, rehabilitation or social reintegration.

(c)

Notwithstanding the preceding subparagraphs, in appropriate cases of a minor nature, the Parties may provide, as alternatives to conviction or punishment, measures such as education, rehabilitation or social reintegration, as well as, when the offender is a drug abuser, treatment and aftercare.

(d)

The Parties may provide, either as an alternative to conviction or punishment, or in addition to conviction or punishment of an offence established in accordance with paragraph 2 of this article, measures for the treatment, education, aftercare, rehabilita tion or social reintegration of the offender.

Notes on Schedule 1

Footnotes

f1

Paragraph 15 of Schedule 1 to the 1989 Act was amended bt section 22 of the Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Act 1990.

f2

Treaty Series No. 23 (1979), Cmnd. 7466.

f3

Miscellaneous No. 24 (1978), Cmnd. 7330.