Ulaanbaatar
Parliament adopts law on mutual legal assistance in criminal matters
Politics
Ulaanbaatar/MONTSAME/. The plenary session of the State
Great Khural (Parliament) adopted today a Law on Ratification of the Agreement
between Mongolia and Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's
Republic of China on mutual legal assistance in criminal matters.
Mongolia has a bilateral treaty on mutual legal assistance in civil and criminal matters with the People’s Republic of China; however, this treaty is not effective in the Special Administrative Regions of China. Therefore, agreement on mutual legal assistance in criminal matters is being established with the Special Administrative Regions.
The establishment of the agreement will
ensure legislative bodies of the two sides to collaborate in investigation,
judicial proceedings and other prosecution actively.
Majority of MPs who were present at the session voted to adopt the bill.
