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 54

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