Section 20
In providing of documents according to the request for assistance from a foreign state under this part, the official in charge of keeping such documents shall attest them, in accordance with the forms and means defined by the Central Authority unless otherwise specified by the treaty, then the provisions of the treaty shall be prevailed.

PART 4 Serving Documents

Section 21
Upon receipt the request for assistance from a foreign state to serve legal documents, the Competent Authorities shall execute such request and report to the Central Authority.

If the legal document to be served under the request is such that requiring the appearance of a person before an authority or the court in the Requesting State, the Competent Authorities shall serve the said document for a reasonable time prior to the scheduled appearance.

The result of service of documents shall be reported in accordance with the forms and means defined by the Central Authority unless otherwise specified in the treaty, then the provisions of the treaty shall be prevailed.

Section 22
The provisions regarding penalty in case of non-compliance with the lawful instruction of the authority or of the Court shall not be applied to the person served with a document calling for his appearance before an authority or the court in the Requesting State, if he is not a national of such state.

PART 5 Search and Seizure

Section 23
Upon receipt the request for assistance from a foreign state to search or seize and deliver any article, the Competent Authorities shall have the power to search or issue a warrant of search and seize in accordance with the law, if there shall be a reasonable ground to do so.

Section 24
As regards the search and seizure under Section 23, the provisions relating to Search under the Criminal Procedure Code shall be applied, mutatis mutandis.

Section 25
The Competent Authorities conducting search or seizure of article in compliance with the request for assistance shall certify the continuity of custody, identity of the article, as well as integrity of its condition, and shall deliver the said article together with the certificate thereof to the Central Authority.

The certificate thereof shall be in the form and in line with the means defined by the Central Authority.

PART 6 Transferring Persons in Custody for Testimonial Purposes

Section 26
Upon receipt the request for assistance from a foreign state to transfer a person in custody in Thailand to testify in the Requesting State or to transfer a person in custody in the Requesting state to testify in Thailand, the Central Authority, upon determining it necessary and the person to be transferred consents thereto, shall notify the Competent Authorities to transport or admit the said person.

The transportation and admission of the person under paragraph one shall be in line with the rules, means and conditions set forth in the Ministerial Regulations.

Section 27
The period during which a person is transferred to testify in a foreign state under the custody of the Requesting State shall be deemed as the period he is in custody in Thailand.

Section 28
The Competent Authorities shall have the power to keep the person transported from a foreign state in custody for the purpose of testimony during his presence in Thailand, and shall report to the Central Authority when such testimony has been finished.

Section 29
Upon receipt the report from the Competent Authorities under Section 28, the Central Authority shall promptly return the transferred person to the Requesting State.

PART 7 Locating Persons
Locating Persons

Section 30
Upon receipt the request for assistance from a foreign state to locate the person, required by the Requesting State for the purpose of investigation, inquiry, prosecution or other criminal proceedings, who is believed to be in Thailand, the Competent Authorities shall detect his location and report to the Central Authority.

PART 8 Initiating Proceedings upon Request

Section 31
Upon receipt the request for assistance from a foreign state which is competent to initiate criminal proceeding but wishes the proceeding which is subject to the Jurisdiction of Thai Court to be initiated in Thaíland, the Central Authority shall consider whether it is appropriate to initiate the proceeding requested, if so shall notify the Competent Authorities under the Criminal Procedure Code to carry out the said proceeding and shall have such Competent Authorities to report the result thereof.

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