PART II. COURT, PARTIES AND OTHER PARTICIPANTS OF CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS
CHAPTER 7. OTHER PERSONS PARTICIPATING IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS
Article 61. Rights and Duties of a Witness
(1) Witness has the right to :
1) testify in his native language or in any other language he speaks, use services of an interpreter ;
2) challenge the interpreter participating in his interrogation ;
3) personnaly write down the testimony ;
4) study the transcript of the interrogation, make necessary additions and changes to it ;
5) use written notes and documents when giving his testimony ;
6) lodge complaints against actions of the preliminary investigator, investigator, prosecutor, and the court ;
7) be reimbursed for his expenses incurred during the proceedings on the criminal case, and for damages caused unlawfully by actions of the agency conducting the criminal proceedings ;
8) receive back the property seized by the agency conducting the criminal proceedings as exhibits for the trial or on the other grounds and the originals of the official documents belonging to him ;
9) have a defense attorney when interrogated.
(2) Witness shall :
1) appear when summoned by the investigator, prosecutor, court ;
2) truthfully report all that he knows regarding the case and answer questions ;
3) not divulge, without the permission of the interrogator, the information about the circumstances of the case that are known to him ;
(3) When the witness fails to appear without justifiable reasons, he may be brought to court and fined in the amount of up to two estimated rates as provided herein by Articles 120 and 121.
(4) For perjury and for refusal or evasion to testify, the witness shall be liable in accordance with Article 330 and 331 of the Criminal Code of the Kyrgyz Republic.
Witnesses' rights - national proceedings
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