1.If the witness appears and refuses to take the oath or abstains, without a legal excuse, from answering, he shall be sentenced to the penalty prescribed in the Penal Code. 2.If the witness has an excuse preventing him from appearing in the court and his testimony cannot be given via means of remote communication, the delegated or supervising judge, as the case may be, may relocate to him to hear his testimony. 3.In case that the investigation takes place before the court, it may delegate one of its judges for hearing the statements of the witness. The court or the delegated judge shall fix the date and place of hearing the witness's statements, and shall draw up a report to that effect to be signed by the delegated judge and the clerk.
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