“ Where the organ handling a case needs assistance from a foreign state in serving a summons, a notice, an indictment, a written judgment or any other judicial documents, it shall prepare a written request for mutual legal assistance in criminal matters with relevant materials attached, which shall, after being examined and approved by the competent authority to which it is subordinate, be filed with the foreign state by the foreign liaison authorities in a timely manner. ”

“ Where a foreign state has raised a special requirement for execution of the request made by the People's Republic of China for assistance in seizing, impounding or freezing property involved in a case, such requirement may be approved provided that it is not against basic principles of laws of the People's Republic of China. Where the relevant decision needs to be made by the judicial authority, it shall be the people's court to make such decision. ”

“ It shall be the Supreme People's Procuratorate to decide whether to make assurance about restricted prosecution and the Supreme People's Court on whether to make assurance on sentencing.
The relevant authorities shall be bound by the assurance made when pursuing the criminal liability of a person involved in the case concerned. ”