Part VI
Mutual legal assistance in criminal matters
CHAPTER I
Provisions common to different forms of assistance
Article 145
Principle and scope
1. Assistance shall include : the communication of information ; the service of writs ; communication of procedural steps or other public law acts admitted by Portuguese law if they are necessary for the purposes of criminal proceedings ; as well as steps that are necessary to seize or recover proceeds from, objects of or instrumentalities of an offence.
Cooperation under procedures of national law
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