Portugal

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

Part II
Extradition

CHAPTER I
Extradition from Portugal

Section II
Extradition procedure

Article 54
Hearing of the person claimed

3. If the possibility is opened to the person claimed to relinquish the benefits of the rule of speciality, as mentioned in paragraph 1 above, a verbatim account of the information provided on the rule of speciality shall be written into the record of the hearing, along with the statements of the person; the provisions of paragraphs 2 to 5 of Article 40 shall apply mutatis mutandis.

4. The information mentioned in the preceding paragraph shall also be written into the record of the hearing, if under the applicable treaty law it is still possible for the person, after his surrender, to relinquish the benefits of the rule of speciality before the authorities of the requesting State.


Keywords

Rule of speciality



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