Part I
General
CHAPTER I
Subject-matter, scope and general principles of international judicial co-operation in criminal matters
Article 2
Scope
1. Enforcement of this law shall be subject to the protection of the interests of sovereignty, security, ordre public, or other, constitutionally defined, interests of the Portuguese Republic.
2. No right to compel any form of international co-operation in criminal matters shall derive from this law.
Article 3
Primacy of international treaties, conventions and agreements
1. The forms of co-operation mentioned in Article 1 above shall be carried out in accordance with the provisions of the international treaties, conventions and agreements that bind the Portuguese State and, where such provisions are non-existent or do not suffice, the provisions of this law.
2. The provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure shall apply as subsidiary provisions.
Cooperation of State
Applicability
Applicable law
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