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(2) Whenever any criminal proceedings are initiated in Sikkim against any Indian
national or any person in the service of the Government of India or any foreigner,
the Government of Sikkim shall furnish the Representative of the Government of
India in Sikkim (hereinafter referred to as the India Representative) with particulars of
the charge against such persons.

If in the case of any person in the service of the Government of India or any
foreigner if is so demanded by the Indian Representative, such person shall be
handed over to him trial before such court as may be established for the purpose of
the Government of India either in Sikkim or outside.

ARTICLE IX

(1) Government of Sikkim agrees to seize and deliver up any fugitive offender from
outside Sikkim who has taken refuge therein on demand being made by the Indian
Representative. Should any delay occur in complying with such demand, the Indian
police may follow the person whose surrender has been demanded into any part of
Sikkim, and shall, on showing a warrant by the Indian Representative, receive every
assistance and protection in the prosecution of their object from the Sikkim officers.

(2) The Government of India similarly agrees, on demand being made by the
Government of Sikkim, to take extradition proceedings against, and surrender, any
fugitive offender from Sikkim who has taken refuge in the territory of India.

(3) In this article, “fugitive offender” means a person who is accused of having
committed an extradition offence as defined in the First Schedule of the Indian
Extradition Act, 1903 any other offence which may hereafter be agreed upon
between the Government of India and the Government of Sikkim as being in
extradition offence.

ARTICLE X

The Government of India, having in mind the friendly relations already existing
between India and Sikkim and now further strengthened by this treaty and being
desirous of assisting in the development and good administration of Sikkim, agrees
to pay the Government of Sikkim a sum of rupees three lakhs every year so long as
the terms of this Treaty are duly observed by the Government of Sikkim.
The first payment under this Article will be made be made before the year
1950, and subsequent payments will be made in the month of August every year.

ARTICLE XI

The Government of India shall have the right to appoint a Representative to
reside in Sikkim and the Government of Sikkim shall provide him and his staff with all
reasonable facilities in regard to their residential and office accommodation and
generally in regard to carrying out their duties in Sikkim.

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