24. The requested State Party shall execute the request for mutual legal assistance as soon as possible and shall take as full account as possible of any deadlines suggested by the requesting State Party and for which reasons are given, preferably in the request. The requested State Party shall respond to reasonable requests by the requesting State Party on progress of its handling of the request. The requesting State Party shall promptly inform the requested State Party when the assistance sought is no longer required.
24. 被请求缔约国应尽快执行司法协助请求，并应尽可能充分地考虑到请求缔约国提出的、最好在请求中说明了理由的任何最后期限。被请求缔约国应依请求缔约国的合理要求就其处理请求的进展情况作出答复。请求国应在其不再需要被请求国提供所寻求的协助时迅速通知被请求缔约国。