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

¹ The FOJ shall re­ceive for­eign re­quests un­less pro­vi­sion is made for dir­ect trans­mis­sion to the com­pet­ent can­ton­al or fed­er­al ex­ecut­ing au­thor­ity.

² The FOJ shall sum­mar­ily ex­am­ine wheth­er the re­quest meets the form­al re­quire­ments of this Act and shall for­ward it to the ap­pro­pri­ate ex­ecut­ing au­thor­ity un­less the re­quest clearly ap­pears to be in­ad­miss­ible.

³ If ne­ces­sary, the FOJ shall re­turn the re­quest to the re­quest­ing State for im­prove­ment or com­ple­tion.

⁴ Re­ceipt and trans­mis­sion of the re­quest to the com­pet­ent au­thor­ity are not sub­ject to ap­peal.

⁵ The pro­ced­ur­al pro­vi­sions of Art­icle 18 are re­served.