Article 5. Application of Criminal Procedural Law to Foreign and Stateless Citizens
(2) Criminal proceedings involving persons availing themselves of diplomatic immunity shall be applied in line with the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations dated April 18, 1961, the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations dated April 24, 1963 and with other international treaties to which the Republic of Moldova is a party.
Article 129. Procedure for Searches or Seizures on the Premises of Diplomatic Missions
(1) A search or seizure on the premises of diplomatic missions including the premises where the diplomatic mission members and their families live may be performed only at the request or consent of the foreign state as expressed by the chief of the diplomatic mission. Consent for a search or seizure shall be requested by the Ministry of External Affairs and European Integration of the Republic of Moldova.
(3) A search for or seizure of objects and documents on the premises of diplomatic missions shall be performed in line with the provisions of this Code.
Article 287^1. Grounds, Manner and Timeframes for Suspending Criminal Investigations
(1) A criminal investigation shall be suspended if there is one of the following reasons preventing its continuation and for terminating it:
3) there is a refusal to deprive the person of immunity or a refusal to extradite the person by a foreign state if the criminal investigation cannot be completed in the absence of this person;
1. The Court may not proceed with a request for surrender or assistance which would require the requested State to act inconsistently with its obligations under international law with respect to the State or diplomatic immunity of a person or property of a third State, unless the Court can first obtain the cooperation of that third State for the waiver of the immunity.
2. The Court may not proceed with a request for surrender which would require the requested State to act inconsistently with its obligations under international agreements pursuant to which the consent of a sending State is required to surrender a person of that State to the Court, unless the Court can first obtain the cooperation of the sending State for the giving of consent for the surrender.