requested State or into another language acceptable to that State. "ARTICLE 4 "Certification and authentication "Subject to national law and unless the Parties decide otherwise, a request for transfer of supervision and the supporting documents thereto, as well as the documents and other material supplied in response to such a request, shall not require certification or authentication. 179/ "ARTICLE 5 "PÆSi.Sifln. on .thg,.j:e.qUgS..t "The competent authorities of the administering State shall examine what action to take on the request for supervision in order to comply, as fully as possible, with the request under their own law, and shall promptly communicate their decision to the sentencing State. 179/ The laws of some countries require authentication before documents transmitted from other countries can be admitted in their courts and, therefore, would require a clause setting out the authentication required. •ARTICLE б "A request for transfer of supervision can be complied with only if the act on which the request is based would constitute an offence if committed in the territory of the administering State. •ARTICLE 7 180/ "If the administering State refuses acceptance of a request for transfer of supervision, it shall communicate the reasons for refusal to the sentencing State. Acceptance may be refused where; "(a) The sentenced person is not an ordinary resident in the administering State; "(b) The act is an offence under military law, which is not also an offence under ordinary criminal law; "(c) The offence is in connection with taxes, duties, customs or exchange; "(d) The offence is regarded by the administering State as being of a political nature; "(e) The administering State, under its own law, can no longer carry out the supervision or enforce the sanction in the event of revocation because of lapse of time. "ARTICLE 8 "The_pos.itiQn_of the sentenced person
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a treaty or agreement between states regarding the transfer of supervision and enforcement of sanctions related to criminal offenses. The language used is formal and technical, suggesting a legal or international agreement. The content focuses on the procedures and conditions for transferring supervision and enforcement of sanctions between states, indicating that it falls under the realm of international cooperation and law enforcement.

**Category**
International cooperation, Law enforcement