Hong Kong Ordinances

MUTUAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE IN CRIMINAL MATTERS ORDINANCE - SECT 8

Requests for assistance to Hong Kong

(1) A request by a place outside Hong Kong to Hong Kong for assistance in a
criminal matter may be made to the Secretary for Justice. (Amended L.N. 362 of
1997)

(2) A request under subsection (1) shall be accompanied by-

   (a)  the name of the authority concerned with the criminal matter to which
        the request relates;

   (b)  a description of the nature of the criminal matter (in particular,
        details of the external offence to which the criminal matter relates)
        and a statement setting out a summary of the relevant facts and laws;

   (c)  a description of the purpose of the request and of the nature of the
        assistance being sought;

   (d)  details of the procedure that the place outside Hong Kong concerned
        wishes to be followed by Hong Kong in giving effect to the request,
        including details of the manner and form in which any information,
        document or thing is to be supplied to the place pursuant to the
        request;

   (e)  a statement setting out the wishes of the place concerning the
        confidentiality of the request and the reason for those wishes;

   (f)  details of the period within which the place wishes the request be
        complied with;

   (g)  if the request involves a person travelling from Hong Kong to the
        place, details of allowances to which the person will be entitled, and
        of the arrangements for accommodation for the person, while the person
        is in the place pursuant to the request;

   (h)  a statement setting out the maximum penalty for the external  offence
        to which the criminal matter relates; and

   (i)  any other information that may assist in giving effect to the request.