Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 391

391. (1) The witnesses shall be examined by the court. The name and surname of the witne ss, the name and surname of the parents and, if the witness is a person to whom articles 4, 9 a nd 13 of the Identity Card and other Identity Documents Act , applies, the number, if known to the witness, of his legally valid identific ation document issued under the said Act, as well as the place of bir th and abode of the witness and the language in which he shall hav e deposed, shall be noted down at the head of every deposition: Provided that the court may, in exceptional circumstances and to provide for the safety of the witness, omit the above particulars, other than the name and surname of the witness and the language in which he shall have deposed, making a note to that effect in the record of the proceedings. Employment of interpreter. (2) If the magistrate is conversant with the language spoken by the witness, he may himself tr anslate the deposition into the language in which the writt en proceedings are conducted; otherwise, or at the request of the accused, a sworn interprete r shall be employed. (3) Where the witness is a minor under the age of eighteen (18) years the witness shall be exa mined and cross-examined in one sitting and his testimony shall be recorded by audio-visual mea ns. The audio-visual recording shall form part of the record of the proceedings: Provided that for special and exceptional reasons which arise after the witness has given his testimony the Court may authorize the hearing of the witness in a subsequent sitting. Examination of accused. Amended by: IV .1856.28; IV .1874.10; XIII.1980.14; IV .1994.12; XXIII.2017 .15.