Part I
General

CHAPTER II
General rules of procedure

Article 20
Language to be used

1. Requests for co-operation shall be accompanied by a translation into the official language of the requested State, unless otherwise stipulated in a convention or agreement, or unless that State exempts from the need for a translation.

2. The provisions of the preceding paragraph shall also apply to the requests addressed to Portugal.

3. The decisions concerning the admissibility or the refusal of a request for co-operation shall be notified to the authority of the requesting State, accompanied by a translation into the official language of that State, save in the cases mentioned in paragraph 1 above.

4. The provisions of this Article shall also apply to the documents that accompany the request.

Part I
General

CHAPTER II
General rules of procedure

Article 20
Language to be used

1. Requests for co-operation shall be accompanied by a translation into the official language of the requested State, unless otherwise stipulated in a convention or agreement, or unless that State exempts from the need for a translation.

2. The provisions of the preceding paragraph shall also apply to the requests addressed to Portugal.

3. The decisions concerning the admissibility or the refusal of a request for co-operation shall be notified to the authority of the requesting State, accompanied by a translation into the official language of that State, save in the cases mentioned in paragraph 1 above.

4. The provisions of this Article shall also apply to the documents that accompany the request.

Part II
Extradition

CHAPTER I
Extradition from Portugal

Section II
Extradition procedure

Article 53
Appearance of the person claimed

4. The person shall be personally summoned to the hearing and informed of his right to be assisted by both a legal counsel and an interpreter.

Part II
Extradition

CHAPTER I
Extradition from Portugal

Section II
Extradition procedure

Article 54
Hearing of the person claimed

1. In the presence of the public prosecutor and the legal counsel of the person claimed, and if necessary with the assistance of an interpreter, the judge rapporteur shall proceed to the identification of the person and shall inform him of his right to object to his extradition, of his right to consent to his extradition, of the possibility opened to him to relinquish the benefits of the rule of speciality in accordance with the applicable treaty law.