'Temporary transfer of persons in custody for purposes of identification or for obtaining testimony or other forms of assistance - national proceedings' in document 'Sweden - Mutual Assistance Act'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

Chapter 4. Special provisions concerning different measures of legal assistance

Transfer of persons deprived of liberty for hearings, etc.

Transfer from or to Sweden at the request of another state

Section 29

Upon application by another state, for a hearing or confrontation in conjunction with a preliminary investigation or trial there,
1. a person who is deprived of liberty in Sweden may be transferred to the other state, if the hearing relates to something other than the personal criminality of the person deprived of liberty, or
2. a person who is deprived of liberty in the other state may be transferred to Sweden. A request under the first paragraph, item 1, shall indicate the length of time that the person deprived of liberty needs to stay in the other state.