'Reduction of national sentence following pre-trial detention - national proceedings' in document 'Portugal - Law 144/99'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

Part I
General

CHAPTER I
Subject-matter, scope and general principles of international judicial co-operation in criminal matters


Article 13
Effect of arrest

1. Any period of remand in custody abroad as well as any arrest ordered abroad as a result of one or another of the forms of co-operation provided for in this law, shall be taken into account in the framework of the Portuguese proceedings or deducted from the sentence, under the terms of the Criminal Code, as if the deprivation of liberty had occurred in Portugal.

2. With a view to making it possible to take into consideration any period of remand in custody, as well as any period of sentence actually served, information as necessary shall be exchanged.

Part I
General

CHAPTER I
Subject-matter, scope and general principles of international judicial co-operation in criminal matters

Article 13
Effect of arrest

1. Any period of remand in custody abroad as well as any arrest ordered abroad as a result of one or another of the forms of co-operation provided for in this law, shall be taken into account in the framework of the Portuguese proceedings or deducted from the sentence, under the terms of the Criminal Code, as if the deprivation of liberty had occurred in Portugal.

2. With a view to making it possible to take into consideration any period of remand in custody, as well as any period of sentence actually served, information as necessary shall be exchanged.