9. Duty of Minister to notify requesting State of measures taken against persons for whose extradi-tion a request is made

Where a request is made to the Government of

Sri Lanka by or on behalf of the Government of a Convention

State for the extradition of any person accused or convicted of an offence described in the Schedule to this Act, the

Minister shall, on behalf of the Government of Sri Lanka forthwith notify the Government of the requesting State of the measures that Government of Sri Lanka has taken, or proposes to take, for the prosecution or extradition of that person for that offence.