CHAPTER 11:24
MUTUAL ASSISTANCE IN CRIMINAL MATTERS ACT
PART V
CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS AND INVESTIGATIONS
MUTUAL SERVICE OF PROCESS
33A. Service of overseas process in Trinidad and Tobago.
(1) This section shall apply where the Central Authority receives from the central authority of a Commonwealth country or such similar authority of a non-commonwealth country—
(a) a summons or other process requiring a person to appear as a defendant or attend as a witness in criminal proceedings in the Commonwealth or non-commonwealth country ; or
(b) a document issued by a Court exercising criminal jurisdiction in the Commonwealth or non-commonwealth country and recording a decision of the Court made in the exercise of that jurisdiction,
together with a request for that process or document to be served on a person in Trinidad and Tobago.
(2) The Central Authority shall cause the process or document to be served by post or, if the request is for personal service, direct the Commissioner of Police to cause it to be personally served on the person concerned.
(3) Service of a process or document under this section shall not impose any obligation on any person under the law of Trinidad and Tobago to comply with it.
(4) A process or document served under this section shall be accompanied by a notice—
(a) stating the effect of subsection (3);
(b) indicating that the person on whom it is to be served may seek legal advice as to the possible consequence if he fails to comply with the process under the law of the Commonwealth or non-commonwealth country where it was issued; and
(c) indicating that under that law he may not, as a witness, be accorded the same rights and privileges as would be accorded to him in criminal proceedings in Trinidad and Tobago.
(5) Where, under this section, the Commissioner of Police is directed to cause any process or document to be served, he shall use his best endeavours to have it served and immediately transmit to the Central Authority if the process or document is—
(a) served, an affidavit or other certificate of service, stating how and when it was served; or
(b) not served, an affidavit or other certificate of service, stating that fact and the reason.
Other forms of cooperation
International assistance in criminal matters
National procedures for execution of requests for other forms of cooperation
Request for other forms of cooperation
Taking of evidence - authority - ICC proceedings
Taking of evidence - national procedures for ICC proceedings
Production of evidence - authority - ICC proceedings
Production of evidence - national procedures for ICC proceedings
Service of documents - authority - ICC proceedings
Service of documents - national procedures for ICC proceedings
Facilitating voluntary appearance of persons - authority - ICC proceedings
Facilitating voluntary appearance of persons - national procedures for ICC proceedings
Provision of records and documents - authority - ICC proceedings
Provision of records and documents - national procedures for ICC proceedings
Assistance of States in the attendance and testimony of witnesses and production of documents
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