9. Amendment of section 8 of the principal enactment

Section 8 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the repeal of subsection (1) thereof and the substitution therefor of the following subsection:–

Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters

“(1) Where the Central Authority approves a request from the appropriate authority of a specified country or a specified organization for the service of–

summons or other process requiring a person to appear as a defendant or attend as a witness in criminal proceedings in that country;

a document issued by a court exercising criminal jurisdiction in that country and recording a decision of the court made in the exercise of that jurisdiction, the Central Authority shall promptly forward such request together with the decision of that court to the Magistrate in