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

¹ There is no ob­lig­a­tion to com­ply for any per­son who ac­cepts a sum­mons to ap­pear be­fore a for­eign au­thor­ity.

² Sum­monses con­tain­ing threats of com­pul­sion shall not be served.

³ Ser­vice of a sum­mons may be made sub­ject to the con­di­tion that the re­cip­i­ent is guar­an­teed safe con­duct for an ap­pro­pri­ate peri­od of time and will not be pre­ven­ted from freely leav­ing the ter­rit­ory of the re­quest­ing State. If the re­cip­i­ent so re­quires, the au­thor­ity ef­fect­ing ser­vice shall ask the re­quest­ing State to give a writ­ten as­sur­ance there­of be­fore proof of ser­vice is fur­nished.