Section 39

Where, pursuant to a request under section 38, the appropriate authority of a foreign country requests the assistance of the Attorney‑General in effecting the service on any person of a summons to appear as a witness in that country, the Attorney‑General must, before authorising assistance in accordance with that section, obtain from the appropriate authority an undertaking that that person will not be subject to any penalty or liability or otherwise prejudiced in law by reason only of that person’s refusal or failure to accept or comply with the summons, despite any contrary statement in the summons.