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Kanunları ve Tercümeleri
TITLE VII
Judicial assistance in criminal matters
CHAPTER I
International judicial assistance
ARTICLE 158
The object of judicial assistance
For the purpose of this Chapter, international judicial assistance shall comprise mainly the
following activities:
a) international letters rogatory;
b) hearings by videoconference;
c) appearance in the requesting State of witnesses, experts and prosecuted persons;
d) service of procedural documents drawn up or submitted in criminal proceedings;
e) judicial records;
f ) other forms of judicial assistance.
ARTICLE 159
The general contents of a request for judicial assistance and the documents attached thereto
(1) A request for judicial assistance must specify:
a) the name of the requesting judicial authority and the name of the requested judicial
authority;
b) the object of and the reasons for the request;
c) the legal classification of the acts;
d) the data for identifying the accused, the defendant or the sentenced person, or the
witness or expert, as appropriate;
e) the legal classification and the summary of the facts.
(2) Depending on the nature and the object of the request, supporting documents shall be
attached to it, as appropriate.
(3) The documents attached to a request for judicial assistance need to be certified by the
requesting judicial authority, and shall be exempt of any other formalities of superlegalisation.
ARTICLE 160
International letters rogatory
International letters rogatory in criminal matters are the form of judicial assistance that con-