Trinidad and Tobago

Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act

CHAPTER 11:24

MUTUAL ASSISTANCE IN CRIMINAL MATTERS ACT

PART III
REQUESTS BY COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES TO TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO FOR ASSISTANCE

28. Assistance to country in serving documents.

(1) This section applies where a request is transmitted seeking assistance of Trinidad and Tobago in effecting the service of a document on a person or an authority in Trinidad and Tobago for the purposes of, or in connection with, any criminal proceedings in the Commonwealth country making the request, and the request is accepted.

(2) Where this section applies, the Central Authority shall—

(a) use its best endeavours to have the document served—
(i) in accordance with procedures proposed in the request; or
(ii) if those procedures would be unlawful or inappropriate, or no procedures are so proposed, in accordance with the law of Trinidad and Tobago; and

(b) if the document—
(i) is served, transmit to the central authority for the Commonwealth country making the request, a certificate as to service; or
(ii) is not served, transmit to that central authority a statement of the reasons which prevented the service.

(3) A person served with a document under this section who fails to comply with the summons shall not be liable to any penalty or measure of compulsion notwithstanding any contrary statement in the summons.

Keywords

Service of documents - authority - ICC proceedings
Service of documents - national procedures for ICC proceedings



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