Portugal

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

Part V
Supervision of conditionally sentenced or conditionally released offenders

CHAPTER I
General

Article 130
Optional refusal

Notwithstanding the general requirements provided for in this law, co-operation requested to Portugal may be refused if :

a) the decision with respect to which the request is made was taken in absentia and there was no legal possibility to have a new trial or for an appeal ;

Keywords

Fair trial standards
Trials in absentia



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