(1) This section shall have effect where the Minister receives from the government of, or other authority in, a country or territory outside the State -
(a) a summons or other process requiring a person to appear as defendant or attend as a witness in criminal proceedings in that country or territory, or
(b) a document issued by a court exercising criminal jurisdiction in that country or territory and recording a decision of the court made in the exercise of that jurisdiction,
together with a request for it to be served on a person in the State.
(2) The Minister may cause the process or document to be served by post or, if the request is for personal service, direct the Commissioner of the Garda Síochána to cause it to be served personally on him.
(3) Service by virtue of this section of any process such as is mentioned in subsection (1) (a) of this section shall not impose any obligation under the law of the State to comply with it.