CHAPTER 11:24

MUTUAL ASSISTANCE IN CRIMINAL MATTERS ACT

PART I
PRELIMINARY

3. Central Authority for Trinidad and Tobago.

(1) Subject to subsection (2), the Attorney General shall be the Central Authority.

(2) The Attorney General may delegate any of his functions under this Act to any public officer or legal officer employed in the Ministry of the Attorney General and Legal Affairs.

(3) Nothing in this section shall be construed as delegating to the officer referred to in subsection (2), a power to make Regulations under section 39.

PART I
PRELIMINARY

7. For the purposes of any provision of the Statute or the Rules that confer a power, or impose a duty or function on a State, that power, duty, or function may be exercised or carried out on behalf of the Government of Trinidad and Tobago by the Attorney General, if this Act makes no other provision.

PART III
GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE

25. (1) A request for assistance must be made through an authorized channel and—
(a) in the case of a request to which Part IV applies, be transmitted to the Attorney General; or
(b) in any other case, be transmitted to the Attorney General or a person authorized by the Attorney General to receive requests.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1) and section 26(1), an authorized channel is—
(a) the diplomatic channel to the Minister to whom responsibility for foreign affairs is assigned; or
(b) any other appropriate channel that Trinidad and Tobago may designate at the time it ratifies the Statute or at any subse¬quent time in accordance with the Rules.
(3) This section is subject to section 26 which relates to urgent requests.