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[CITE: 18USC3196]

 
                 TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
                       PART II--CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
                        CHAPTER 209--EXTRADITION
 
Sec. 3196. Extradition of United States citizens

    If the applicable treaty or convention does not obligate the United 
States to extradite its citizens to a foreign country, the Secretary of 
State may, nevertheless, order the surrender to that country of a United 
States citizen whose extradition has been requested by that country if 
the other requirements of that treaty or convention are met.

(Added Pub. L. 101-623, Sec. 11(a), Nov. 21, 1990, 104 Stat. 3356.)