Transfer of Sentenced Persons

Consular Services

Sr. No.

Country

Date of Signing of Agreement

Date of Norification in Official Gazette

AUSTRALIA

18.11.2014

26.05.2017

BAHRAIN

23.01.2016

28.03.2018

BANGLADESH

11.01.2010

05.05.2010

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

13.12.2012

25.07.2017

BRAZIL

15.10.2013

2.4.2019

BULGARIA

12.09.2007

04.01.2008

CAMBODIA

08.12.2007

14.05.2008

EGYPT

08.01.2008

14.05.2008

ESTONIA

15.11.2016

20.03.2017

FRANCE

25.01.2008

28.05.2008

HONG KONG

20.01.2015

01.10.2015

IRAN

09.07.2010

10.02.2011

ISRAEL

10.01.2012

22.02.2012

ITALY

10.08.2012

17.12.2012

KAZAKHSTAN

08.07.2015

26.05.2017

KOREA

25.01.2010

05.05.2010

KUWAIT

08.11.2013

22.07.2015

MALDIVES

12.11.2011

21.06.2012

MAURITIUS

24.10.2005

17.11.2005

MONGOLIA

17.05.2015

16.03.2017

QATAR

25.03.2015

RUSSIA

21.10.2013

22.04.2015

SAUDI ARABIA

28.02.2010

30.06.2010

SOMALIA

1.8.2017

SPAIN

30.05.2017

27.11.2018

SRI LANKA

09.06.2010

06.08.2010

THAILAND

25.01.2012

13.05.2013

TURKEY

30.10.2012

25.03.2014

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE)

23.11.2011

01.02.2012

UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN ISLAND

18.02.2005

07.07.2005

VIETNAM

01.11.2013

28.03.2018

Multilateral Conventions

India acceded/ratified the multilateral ‘Inter-American Convention on Serving Criminal Sentences Abroad’ in May, 2014, by virtue of which the member countries as well as other countries who have acceded to this Convention can transfer sentenced persons.
India acceded/ratified the multilateral ‘Council of Europe Convention on Transfer of Sentenced Persons’ in January, 2018, by virtue of which the member countries as well as other countries who have acceded to this Convention can transfer sentenced persons.