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

¹ The com­mis­sion­ers of po­lice of the Con­fed­er­a­tion and of the can­tons may make a re­quest un­der Art­icle 63 on their own be­half and may grant such re­quests em­an­at­ing from for­eign au­thor­it­ies.

² The fol­low­ing re­quests are ex­cluded:

a.

re­quests which ne­ces­sit­ate the use of pro­ced­ur­al com­pul­sion;

b.

re­quests for in­form­a­tion or meas­ures in pro­ceed­ings re­gard­ing ex­tra­di­tion, trans­fer of pro­ceed­ings and ex­e­cu­tion of crim­in­al judg­ments;

c.

re­quests for the hand­ing over of crim­in­al de­cisions or crim­in­al files.