Chapter 2 Provision of legal assistance in criminal cases

Article 5

General procedure for sending a request to a foreign state for rendering legal assistance on criminal cases conducted by competent Georgian authorities and the procedure for its implementation

7.Information or other material obtained in the territory of a foreign state in accordance with the relevant legislation may not be used for purposes other than the purposes indicated in the request for legal assistance.

8. The information and other material referred to in paragraph 7 of this article may be used for other purposes with the prior consent of the competent authority of the foreign state concerned, in which case an additional request shall be made.

Chapter 3 Types of Coordination

Article 10

Requesting, delivering and exchanging information

To prevent, detect and suppress crime, the appropriate law enforcement authorities of Georgia shall cooperate with foreign law enforcement authorities or relevant international organisation bodies for requesting, delivering, and exchanging the following information and data:

a. information and data that shall assist prevention, detection and suppression of crime

b. information and personal data related to persons subject to search or persons participating in committing a crime or persons who are presumed to have participated in committing a crime

c. information and data related to criminal links, structures of organised crime groups, typical methods used by certain criminals and criminal groups, the time, place and modus operandi of committing crimes

d. information and data related to the purchase or registration of fire arms by citizens of Georgia in foreign countries or the purchase or registration of fire arms by foreign citizens in Georgia

e. identification data of vehicles, ships, aircrafts, immovable property, and personal data of their owners or holders

f. operative-investigative information

g. information on revenues and properties obtained through crime, also, on equipment and other means used or to be used in committing a crime

h. information on a commercial legal person, its owners and persons employed therein, that shall be requested, delivered, and exchanged as determined by the legislation of Georgia, if the mentioned persons are those determined in sub-paragraph 'b' of this article

i. information on inconsistency between revenues and expenditures of natural or legal persons that shall be requested, delivered, and exchanged as determined by the legislation of Georgia, if the mentioned persons are those determined in sub-paragraph 'b' of this article

j. information on the corresponding legislation of Georgia

k. other information and data provided for by bilateral or multilateral international agreements of Georgia, or the corresponding legislation of Georgia.