Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules) 1996

Powers of court in applications

23.2.—(1) The High Court or the sheriff, as the case may be, may, after considering the petition for the issue of a letter of request and any answers to it, grant the petition with or without modification or refuse it.

(2) On granting the petition, the High Court or the sheriff, as the case may be, shall—

(a) in relation to an application under section 272(1)(a) of the Act of 1995 (evidence by letter of request), allow interrogatories to be adjusted summarily;

(b) pronounce an order approving the terms—

(i) of the letter of request to be sent;

(ii) of any interrogatories and cross-interrogatories to be sent; and

(c) if English is not an official language of the body to which the letter of request is addressed, specify a period within which a translation of each of the letter, any interrogatories and cross-interrogatories, and any productions, are to be lodged.