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Art. 27 General rules for requests
1 Articles 27 to 31 apply to all procedures under this Act subject to the special rules of procedure provided for in the other parts of this Act.78 2 Foreign requests shall be addressed directly to the FOJ. 3 Requests which are addressed to an inappropriate authority shall be forwarded ex officio. The requesting authority shall be duly notified. 4 Requests in connection with an arrest shall be dealt with without delay. 5 The non-acceptance or refusal of a request must be substantiated. 78 Amended by No I of the FA of 4 Oct. 1996, in force since 1 Feb. 1997 (AS 1997114; BBl 1995 III 1). |