Mutual Legal Assistance In Criminal Matters Act (Unofficial)
- Law number:
- 2/2015
- Published date:
- 05/01/15
- Effective date:
- 05/07/15
Chapter 1: PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS
1. Introduction and Short Title
2. Objectives of Act
3. Scope of Assistance
4. Application of this Act
Chapter 2: REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE GENERALLY
5. Requests by the Maldives
6. Requests to the Maldives
7. Assistance may be subject to conditions
8. Refusal of assistance
9. Requests Relating to cases involving the death penalty
Chapter 3: ASSISTANCE WITH TAKING EVIDENCE AND PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS OR OTHER ARTICLES
10. Requests by the Maldives for assistance with Evidence
11. Request by Foreign States for Assistance with Evidence
12. Taking Evidence
13. Conduct of Proceedings
14. Obtaining documents and other articles
Chapter 4: SEARCH, SEIZURE AND FREEZING OF ASSETS
15. Requests by Maldives for Search and Seizure
16. Requests by Foreign States for Search And Seizure
17. Issuing of Search Warrants
18. Guidelines on Court Warrants
19. Custody of Articles Seized
Chapter 5: ARRANGEMENTS FOR PERSONS TO GIVE EVIDECE OR ASSIST IN INVESTIGATIONS
Part 1: REQUESTS BY THE MALDIVES
20. Requests for Removal of Certain Persons to the Maldives
21. Immunities and Privileges Accorded to People Brought to The Maldives
22. Status of Persons prosecuted for Offences Committed After Leaving Foreign State
23. Limitation on the use of evidence given by persons brought to the Maldives
24. Imprisonment of Persons Brought to the Maldives
25. Application of Maldivian Law on Persons in Custody
26. Release from Custody
27. Persons Escaping from Custody
Part 2: REQUESTS BY FOREIGN STATES
28. Requests to Send Persons in the Maldives to Foreign States
29. Travel of Prisoners or Persons Released from Custody
30. Undertakings Regarding Persons transferred to Foreign State
31. Undertakings by the Prosecutor General
32. Sentence Deemed to Continue to be Served During Term of Imprisonment
Chapter 6: PERSONS IN TRANSIT IN THE MALDIVES
33. Transit
34. Escaping from Custody While in Transit
35. Aiding Persons Transiting to Escape Custody
Chapter 7: PROCEEDS OF CRIME
Part 1: REQUESTS BY THE MALDIVES
36. Requests relating to proceeds of crime in a foreign State
Part 2: REQUESTS BY FOREIGN STATES
37. Requests Relating to Proceeds of Crime in the Maldives
Chapter 8: REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE BY DEFENDANTS IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS
38. Request for assistance by defendants
Chapter 9: ADMISSIBILITY OF EVIDENCE OBTAINED FROM FOREIGN STATES
39. Applicability of this Chapter
40. Evidence from foreign States
41. Guidelines on obtaining testimony
42. Admissibility of evidence from foreign States
43. Preventing foreign material from being adduced as evidence
44. Certificates relating to foreign material
45. Examination of witnesses
46. No effect on the operation of other laws
Chapter 10: MISCELLANEOUS
47. Requests for assistance by an international organization
48. Admissibility of evidence
49. Valid statements
50. Foreign law immunity certificate
51. Restriction on the use of information
52. Non-disclosure of information
53. Costs
54. Regulations
55. Commencement
56. Definitions
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