Portugal

Law No. 144/99, of 31 August, on International Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters

Part I
General

CHAPTER II
General rules of procedure

Article 27
Transfer of persons

1. Any transfer of persons arrested or sentenced to a sanction involving deprivation of liberty, where that transfer should be executed as a result of a decision taken pursuant to the provisions of this law, shall be carried out by the Ministry of Justice, in agreement, as to the means of transport, the date, the hour and the place of surrender, with the authorities of the foreign State on whose territory the person concerned is, or to whose territory the person concerned should be transferred.

2. Transfer shall be carried out within the shortest possible delay as from the date of the decision ordering it.

3. The provisions of this Article, adapted as appropriate, shall apply to any transfer requested by any international judicial entity.

Keywords

Surrender
Transfer of sentenced person to State
Surrender - procedures



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