TITLE II
Extradition from Austria
CHAPTER TWO
Jurisdiction and Procedure
Local Jurisdiction and Jurisdiction over the Subject Matter
§ 26. (1) The public prosecutor shall conduct the extradition proceedings, applying the provisions of Part 1 and 2 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in analogy. The public prosecutor in whose district the person concerned has his/her domicile or residence shall have local jurisdiction. In the absence of such a location, the public prosecutor shall have local jurisdiction in whose district the person was apprehended. If the person concerned is kept in court confinement, the place of confinement shall determine local jurisdiction. If no specific public prosecutor can be determined when applying the present provisions, the public prosecutor’s office in Vienna shall have local jurisdiction.
(2) The court decisions in extradition proceedings shall be taken by a single judge of the regional court (§ 31 (1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure) where the public prosecutor’s office is located that conducts the extradition proceedings.
(3) The provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2) shall also apply to the surrender of objects in connection with an extradition (extradition of objects).. The public prosecutor in whose district the object to be surrendered is located shall have jurisdiction over the examination of a separate request for the surrender of objects.
(a) La Corte estará facultada para formular solicitudes de cooperación a los Estados Partes. Éstas se transmitirán por vía diplomática o por cualquier otro conducto adecuado que haya designado cada Estado Parte a la fecha de la ratificación, aceptación, aprobación o adhesión. Cada Estado Parte podrá cambiar posteriormente esa designación de conformidad con las Reglas de Procedimiento y Prueba
(b) Cuando proceda, y sin perjuicio de lo dispuesto en el apartado a), las solicitudes podrán transmitirse también por conducto de la Organización Internacional de Policía Criminal o de cualquier organización regional competente.