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;

b) that decision is not compatible with the underlying principles of the Portuguese criminal law, notably if in view of the age of the person concerned, that person shall not have been subject to criminal proceedings in Portugal.

Keywords

Refusal of ICC request



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