Chapter 1
General provisions
Section 1
Scope of application
The provisions in this Act shall apply to international assistance in a criminal matter where the proceedings fall, at the time of the request for assistance, within the jurisdiction of a requesting Finnish authority or an authority of the requesting foreign State.
International assistance in criminal matters, as referred to in this Act, shall include:
1) service of decisions, summonses, notices and other judicial documents relating to a criminal matter, including summonses to appear before an authority of the requesting State;
2) hearing of witnesses, experts and parties, obtaining of expert opinions, inspections, procuring and transmitting documents and objects to be produced as evidence, as well as the taking of any other evidence relating to a criminal matter;
3) search, seizure and the use of other coercive measures in order to obtain evidence or to secure the enforcement of a confiscation order;
4) institution of criminal proceedings;
5) communication of extracts from and information relating to judicial records required in a criminal matter; and
6) any other necessary assistance in a criminal matter, provision of information on law as well as any other forms of mutual co operation.
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