Federal Act
on International Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters
(Mutual Assistance Act, IMAC)

English is not an official language of the Swiss Confederation. This translation is provided for information purposes only and has no legal force.

of 20 March 1981 (Status as of 1 July 2021)


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Art. 66 Principle of « Ne bis in idem»111

1 As­sist­ance may be denied if the de­fend­ant resides in Switzer­land and pro­ceed­ings are already pending here re­gard­ing the of­fence to which the re­quest relates.

2 However, as­sist­ance may be gran­ted if the pro­ceed­ings car­ried out abroad are not dir­ec­ted solely against the de­fend­ant who is resid­ing in Switzer­land, or if the ex­e­cu­tion of the re­quest serves to ex­on­er­ate him.112

111Amended by No I of the FA of 4 Oct. 1996, in force since 1 Feb. 1997 (AS 1997114; BBl 1995 III 1).

112 In­ser­ted by No I of the FA of 4 Oct. 1996, in force since 1 Feb. 1997 (AS 1997114; BBl 1995 III 1).

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