Article 37: Mutual Legal Assistance
In the case of cyber-crime offences, the court authority of the Kingdom of Cambodia
may delegate power to competent court authority of any foreign state and may also
obtain power from the court authority of any foreign state, in order to:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Collect evidence, proof or answer, response through court means
Inform about documents of the court
Search, arrest, and confiscate
Examine objects and crime scene
Providing information and exhibit
Issue original process-verbal or its authentic copies and dossier, including
bank statement, accounting transactions, records of concerned institution,
records of concerned company and trade records, as well as authentic and
private documents;
7. Identify or provide expert witnesses and others, including detainees who
agree to assist in the investigation or participate in the legal proceedings.
8. Identify or seek resources, property, equipment, and materials that
derive from offence and offence means.
9. Place under temporary holding the products and properties obtained from
corruption offences as well as equipment, materials being used or kept for
committing offences.
10. Enforce
the
decision
of
confiscation,
seizure
or
repatriation
of
products,
properties,
equipment,
material
derived
from
offence.
11. Order
to
confiscate
all
objects
as
stated
above.
12. Inform
about
the
criminal
charge.
13. Interrogate
the
accused
based
on
criminal
procedure.
14. Find out and identify witnesses and suspects.
Article 38: Mutual Legal Assistance Procedure
Procedures for Implementing mutual legal assistance shall be in agreement with the
principles stated in treaties or bilateral and multi-lateral agreement, and national law
in force.
Chapter 6: Final Provision
Article 39: Abrogation
Any
provisions
that
contradict
with
this
law
shall
be
abrogated.
Article 40: Law Implementation
This law shall go into effect 12 (twelve) months after the promulgation.
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