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

An­oth­er State may be re­ques­ted to pro­sec­ute an of­fence sub­ject to Swiss jur­is­dic­tion if its laws al­low the pro­sec­u­tion and ju­di­cial pun­ish­ment of the of­fence and if:

a.

the de­fend­ant is present there and his ex­tra­di­tion to Switzer­land is in­ap­pro­pri­ate or not per­mit­ted; or

b.

he is ex­tra­dited to this State and the trans­fer of the pro­sec­u­tion of­fers the pro­spect of bet­ter so­cial re­hab­il­it­a­tion.