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

¹ The FOJ shall or­der the re­lease of the per­son con­cerned from de­ten­tion 18 days after ar­rest if the re­quest for ex­tra­di­tion and the doc­u­ments sup­port­ing it have not been re­ceived.⁹⁶ This peri­od may be ex­ten­ded for spe­cial cause by up to 40 days.

² If the de­fend­ant is already de­tained, the peri­od shall start when he is de­tained with a view to ex­tra­di­tion.

³ By way of ex­cep­tion, the per­son con­cerned may be re­leased from de­ten­tion with a view to ex­tra­di­tion at any stage of the pro­ceed­ings if this is ap­pro­pri­ate in the cir­cum­stances. The de­fend­ant may lodge a pe­ti­tion for re­lease at any time.

⁴ In ad­di­tion, Art­icles 238–240 Crim­PC⁹⁷ ap­ply by ana­logy to re­lease from de­ten­tion.⁹⁸