Sec. 6. EXCEPTIONS. This Act does not apply to a person in this state who is confined as mentally ill or who is under sentence of death.
Sec. 7. PRISONER FROM ANOTHER STATE SUMMONED TO TESTIFY IN THIS STATE. (a) If a person confined in a penal institution in any other state may be a material witness in a criminal action pending in a court of record or in a grand jury investigation in this state, a judge of the court may certify that:
(1) there is a criminal proceeding or investigation by a grand jury or a criminal action pending in the court;
(2) a person who is confined in a penal institution in the other state may be a material witness in the proceeding, investigation, or action; and
(3) his presence will be required during a specified time.
(b) The judge of the court in this state shall:
(1) present the certificate to a judge of a court of record in the other state having jurisdiction over the prisoner confined; and
(2) give notice that the prisoner's presence will be required to the attorney general of the state in which the prisoner is confined.
Sec. 8. COMPLIANCE. A judge of the court in this state may enter an order directing compliance with the terms and conditions of an order specified in a certificate under Section 3 of this Act and entered by the judge of the state in which the witness is confined.
Sec. 9. EXEMPTION FROM ARREST AND SERVICE OF PROCESS. If a witness from another state comes into or passes through this state under an order directing him to attend and testify in this or another state, while in this state pursuant to the order he is not subject to arrest or the service of civil or criminal process because of any act committed prior to his arrival in this state under the order.
Sec. 10. UNIFORMITY OF INTERPRETATION. This Act shall be so construed as to effect its general purpose to make uniform the laws of those states which enact it.