ART 324: Whoever, acting pursuant to a legal obligation or at his/her initiative, reports the alleged
offences to judicial authorities, shall be heard as a witness, but only after the president informs the court
of assizes beforehand.
Whoever gets rewarded financially by the law for reporting an alleged offence may be heard as
a witness unless one of the parties or the public prosecutor objects to this testimony.
The public prosecutor, the party claiming damages and the accused may request, and the
president may always order, that a witness may temporarily leave the courtroom, after his/her
testimony, to make a submission and be heard if there are subsequently other testimonies, with or
without confrontation.
ART 325: The president may, before, during or after a witness' testimony, have one or several accused
persons taken aside, and examine them separately on some aspects of the trial, but he/she shall
endeavour to continue the proceedings only after informing each accused person about what
happened in his/her absence, and what resulted from these happenings.
ART 326: During the examination, assessors, the public prosecutor and judges may note what they
consider important, either in witness testimonies, in the defence of the accused, provided the
proceedings are not interrupted.
ART 327: During or following the testimonies, the president may, if necessary, present exhibits to the
accused or witnesses and record their observations.
ART 328: If, after the proceedings, a witness' testimony seems false, the president may, either
on his/her own motion or at the request of the public prosecutor or one of the parties, pu t the witnesses
right away under temporary arrest.
After the ruling of the court of assizes has been read or proceedings have been postponed to
another sitting, the president may order that a witness should be taken, either by law enforcement,
before the state counsel who demands that a criminal investigation should be opened.
The court registrar shall forward a copy of the court proceedings and the reports prepared
immediately.
ART 329: In any case, the court may order, of its own motion, or at the request of the public prosecutor
or one of the parties, that the case should be postponed to the next sitting.
ART 330: In case the accused, witnesses or one of them do not speak French well enough, or if a
document included in the proceedings needs to be translated, the president shall, of his/her own
motion appoint an interpreter aged at least twenty-one and have him/her take an oath to perform
his/her mission faithfully.
The public prosecutor, the accused and the party claiming damages may object to the
interpreter, giving reasons for this objection. The court shall rule on this objection. Its decision shall be
final and unappealable.
The interpreter may not, even with the consent of the accused or the public prosecutor, be
included among the judges making up the court, assessors, the registrar handling the hearing, the
parties and witnesses.
ART 331: Should the accused be deaf-dumb and illiterate, the president may, of his/her motion,
appoint as an interpreter the person who is most able to converse with this accused.
The same shall apply to a deaf and dumb witness. The other provisions of the previous article
shall apply.
In case the deaf-dumb person can write, the court registrar shall write out the questions or
observations meant for him/her; they shall be handed to the accused or to the witness who answers or
makes his/her declarations in writing. The court registrar shall read out these written responses and
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