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MOTION FOR RESOLUTION No. 81 /X
Recognizing that the fight against crime is a shared responsibility of the
international community;
Aware of the need to strengthen judicial cooperation in criminal matters and to ensure
that the legal aid decorates with speed and effectiveness;
Thus:
Under the terms of the paragraph d) of Article 197 (1) of the Constitution, the Government presents to the
Assembly of the Republic the following motion for a resolution:
Article 1.
Approve the Convention of Judicial Aid in Criminal Matters between the Member States of the
Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries, signed in the City of Praia, in 23 of
November 2005, the text of which, in the authenticated version in Portuguese language, publishes in
attachment.
Article 2.
Declare, for the purposes of Article 7, paragraph 2. of the Convention, which the Republic
Portuguese accepts the route of transmission and receipt of the applications for aid contemplated in the
point ( b) : " direct communication between competent authorities or between these and the authorities
central or between central authorities ".
Article 3.
Declare, for the purposes of the provisions of Article 7 (4) of the Convention, that the authority of the
Central Portuguese Republic for the purpose of application of the Convention is the Attorney General
of the Republic.
Seen and approved in Council of Ministers of April 17, 2008
The Prime Minister
The Minister of State and Foreign Affairs
The Minister of the Presidency
The Minister of Parliamentary Affairs