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

¹ Meas­ures un­der Art­icle 63 which re­quire the use of pro­ced­ur­al com­pul­sion may be ordered only if the de­scrip­tion of the cir­cum­stances of the case in­dic­ates that the of­fence be­ing pro­sec­uted abroad con­tains the ob­ject­ive ele­ments of an of­fence un­der Swiss law. The meas­ures must be car­ried out in ac­cord­ance with Swiss law.

² If the of­fence pro­sec­uted abroad is not an of­fence in Switzer­land, meas­ures un­der Art­icle 63 which re­quire the use of pro­ced­ur­al com­pul­sion shall be al­lowed for:

a.

the ex­on­er­a­tion of a de­fend­ant;

b.¹¹²

the pro­sec­u­tion of of­fences in­volving sexu­al acts with minors.¹¹³