In case of house search and search of other premises, written and substantiated house search warrant shall be issued by the chair of the panel of judges, in pre-trial proceedings by the judge for pre-trial proceedings upon the motion of the prosecutor.
Search warrant of other premises and land shall be issued by the chair of the panel of judges, in pre-trial proceedings by the prosecutor (or with his/her consent by the police officer).
If the representative of the association refuses to grant consent to the law enforcement authority to make the acquaintance of the document containing the information being subject to the attorney´s duty of confidentiality, the judge for pre-trial proceedings shall adjudicate (no legal remedy is available against the court decision on the substitution of consent).
When the search of premises where the attorney performs their legal profession is requested, and when documents containing information being subject to the attorney´s duty of confidentiality may be found within, there is an obligation to request the assistance of the Slovak Bar Associations well as the judge for pre-trial proceedings, who shall adjudicate; it is possible to make the acquaintance of the documents containing information being subject to the attorney´s duty of confidentiality only with the consent of the representative of the association or the judge for pre-trial proceeding (a document means also other device containing information, computer data including transactional data stored via computer system).
Seizure of items: The Slovak judicial authority as the executing authority shall assess, typically within 24 hours of the delivery of a EIO for the purpose of seizing an item which is located in the territory of the Slovak Republic and is to be used as evidence in the issuing state, whether the conditions for its execution have been met and shall notify the issuing authority to that effect. Where the circumstances so permit, the executing judicial authority shall notify, before lifting or restricting the seizure of an item, the issuing authority to that effect.