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ARTICLE-VIII: Measures to Be Taken by the Parties     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (b) to provide for the confiscation or return to the State of export of such specimens. ...
... 2. In addition to the measures taken under paragraph 1 of this Article, a Party may, when it deems it necessary, provide for any method of internal reimbursement for expenses incurred as a result of the confiscation of a specimen traded in violation of the measures taken in the application of the provisions of the present Convention. ...
... 4. Where a living specimen is confiscated as a result of measures referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article: ...
... (a) the specimen shall be entrusted to a Management Authority of the State of confiscation; ...
... 5. A rescue centre as referred to in paragraph 4 of this Article means an institution designated by a Management Authority to look after the welfare of living specimens, particularly those that have been confiscated. ...