Section 4: Transfer of a convicted offender

(1) A convicted offender to whom this Act applies shall be informed by the sentencing country of the substances of the provisions of this Act.
(2) A convicted offender may only be transferred following a request either by the sentencing country or the administering country; but the convicted person may also apply for his own transfer and in doing so he may channel his application to either the sentencing or the administering country.
(3) Where a convicted offender applies for his transfer, the country which receives that application shall, as soon as practicable, so inform the other country.