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 131
Request

1. Any request made to Portugal shall be submitted by the Central Authority to the Minister of Justice.

2. The Minister of Justice may request an opinion from any agency that is empowered to follow the measures imposed in the sentence.

3. If the Minister of Justice accepts the request, the Attorney-General's Office shall forward it to the public prosecutor attached to the ""Tribunal da Relação"l" that has jurisdiction in the area of the residence of the person concerned for obtaining a judicial decision on the admissibility of the request.

Keywords

Request for cooperation
Competent national judicial authority



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