(1) This section applies to a request for service on a person in the State of -
(a) a document requiring the person to appear as a defendant or attend as a witness in criminal proceedings in a designated state, and
(b) any other document issued by a court or authority (including a prosecuting authority) in that state in criminal proceedings, including a document relating to the enforcement of a sentence or a preventive measure, the imposition of a fine or the payment of costs of proceedings.
(2) Unless the request is for personal service, the Minister may cause the document, together with the notice referred to in subsection (11), to be served by post on the person concerned.
(3) Where the request is for personal service, the document, if not in Irish or English, shall be accompanied -
(a) by a translation of the document, or of the material parts of it, into either of those languages, and
(b) if it is known that the person understands only another language or languages and the documen
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