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

¹ As­sist­ance may be denied if the de­fend­ant resides in Switzer­land and pro­ceed­ings are already pending here re­gard­ing the of­fence to which the re­quest relates.

² However, as­sist­ance may be gran­ted if the pro­ceed­ings car­ried out abroad are not dir­ec­ted solely against the de­fend­ant who is resid­ing in Switzer­land, or if the ex­e­cu­tion of the re­quest serves to ex­on­er­ate him.¹¹⁷