Section 58: Foreign requests for assistance

58. Foreign requests for assistance.__ (1) The Federal Government may authorise the giving of mutual legal assistance to a foreign State of a kind similar to that specified in section 57 in investigations commenced or proceedings instituted in such state. (2) Such requests shall__ (a) give the name of the authority concerned with the criminal matter to which the request relates; (b) give a description of a nature of the criminal matter and a statement setting out a summary of the relevant facts and laws; (c) give a description of the purpose of the request and of the nature of the assistance being sought; (d) in the case of a request to freeze or forfeit assets believed on reasonable grounds to be located in Pakistan, give details of the offence, particulars of any investigation or proceedings commenced in respect of the offence, and be accompanied by a copy of any relevant freezing or forfeiture order of the Court; (e) give details of any procedure that the foreign State wishes to be followed by Pakistan in giving effect to the request, particularly in the case of a request to take evidence; (f) contain a statement setting out any wishes of the foreign State concerning any confidentiality relating to the request and the reasons for those wishes; (g) give details of the period within which the foreign State wishes the request to be complied with; (h) state, where applicable, the grounds for believing that the relevant assets or things to be traced, frozen or seized are located in Pakistan; and (i) contain any other information that may assist in giving effect to the request. (3) A request may be accepted, after consultation, notwithstanding that the request, as originally made, does not comply with sub-section (2).

Effective date: 1997-07-11

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