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

If the de­fend­ant is abroad and if, ac­cord­ing to the laws of the State to which the re­quest is to be made, there is a choice between dif­fer­ent pro­ced­ures, pref­er­ence shall be giv­en to the pro­ced­ure which ap­pears to en­sure the bet­ter so­cial re­hab­il­it­a­tion.