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

¹ The FOJ shall de­cide on wheth­er to ac­cept the for­eign re­quest after con­sult­ing the pro­sec­ut­ing au­thor­it­ies.

² If it ac­cepts the re­quest, it shall trans­mit the file to the pro­sec­ut­ing au­thor­ity and no­ti­fy the re­quest­ing State and the per­son con­cerned.

³ The de­cision does not cre­ate an ob­lig­a­tion to in­sti­tute crim­in­al pro­ceed­ings.

⁴ The FOJ may re­fuse to as­sume re­spons­ib­il­ity for the pro­sec­u­tion if there is good cause not to do so or if the ser­i­ous­ness of the of­fence does not jus­ti­fy it.