General Part
SECTION THREE
EVIDENCE AND PROOF
Chapter XIV
EVIDENCE
Article 126. Statements by the suspect, accused, victim and witnesses
126.1. Oral and written information received by the prosecuting authority from the suspect, accused, victim or witnesses in pursuance of this Code shall be considered as evidence.
126.2. Only statements based on the information or conclusions of a person directly comprehending the act and its causes, character, mechanism or development may be considered as evidence.
126.3. Information given to the prosecuting authority by the suspect, accused, victim or witnesses on the basis of hearsay may not be used as evidence. Only information derived from the words of a deceased person may exceptionally be accepted as evidence by court decision.
126.4. The value of evidence may not be assigned to statements given in the following situations :
126.4.1. when a person is agreed to be unable to comprehend or describe matters significant to the prosecution at the appropriate time ;
126.4.2. when a person refuses to undergo an examination by experts of his ability to comprehend or describe matters significant to the prosecution.
126.5. Information from persons who may not be questioned as witnesses shall not be used as evidence.
126.6. The accused person’s confession of guilt may be accepted as grounds for the charge against him only if confirmed by the contents of all the evidence on the case.
Other forms of cooperation
Cooperation under procedures of national law
Admissibility of evidence - national proceedings
Taking of evidence - national proceedings
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