List of declarations made with respect to treaty No. 182

Second Additional Protocol to the European Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters

Status as of: 19/6/2013

Chile :

Declaration contained in the instrument of accession deposited on 30 May 2011 – Or. Spa./Engl.

In accordance with Article 6 of the Second Protocol, amending Article 24 of the Convention, the Republic of Chile declares that the courts of justice composing the Judiciary shall be deemed as Chilean judicial authorities for the purposes of the Convention.

Mutual assistance requests for the purposes of this Convention may also be transmitted to the Public Prosecutor’s Office, which shall request the intervention of the competent Guarantee Judge where, under Chilean laws, it is required due to the nature of the request. However, in no case will this declaration grant jurisdictional powers to the Public Prosecutor’s Office or make it a judicial authority.
Period covered: 1/9/2011 -

The preceding statement concerns Article(s) : 6

Source : Treaty Office on http://conventions.coe.int