TITLE VI
Obtaining Extradition, Transit, Delivery, Judicial Assistance, as well as Taking Over the Prosecution of a Case, Surveillance and Execution
CHAPTER TWO
Obtaining Judicial Assistance
Summoning Persons from Other States
ยง 72. (1) If the personal appearance of a person to be examined by a court proves to be necessary, the competent foreign court may request the service of a summons by way of the established channels of communication. The summons shall not contain threats of coercive measures for the event of non-compliance.
(2) The summoned person must not be prosecuted, punished or restricted in his/her personal liberty in Austria for an act committed before his/her entry into Austria. However, it shall be admissible to prosecute, punish and restrict personal liberty
1. for a punishable act that constitutes the subject of the summons for a person as a defendant,
2. if the summoned person remains on the territory of the Republic of Austria for more than fifteen days after the examination has been completed, although he/she was in a position and allowed to leave, or
3. if he/she returns at his/her own accord or is lawfully returned after leaving the territory of the Republic of Austria.
6. In performing its functions prior to trial or during the course of a trial, the Trial Chamber may, as necessary:
(b) Require the attendance and testimony of witnesses and production of documents and other evidence by obtaining, if necessary, the assistance of States as provided in this Statute;