Article 229. Procedure for interrogating a witness

Each witness shall be interrogated separately.

The witnesses who have not been interrogated may not be in the courtroom during the trial.

Before interrogating a witness, the presiding judge shall establish the identity of the witness, his/her age, occupation, attitude to the case and his/her relations with the parties and other persons participating in the case, and shall warn him/her of liability for intentionally giving false testimony under Article 238 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan. The presiding judge shall further invite the witness to take the oath publicly: "I swear to tell the court everything I know about the case. I will tell only the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth".

The witness shall sign a recognizance, which certifies certifying that his/her rights, obligations, and liability was explained to him/her. Both the text of the oath and the recognizance shall be attached to the court session record.

The presiding judge shall invite the witness to tell the court everything that he/she personally knows on the case. After that, the witness may be asked questions.

The first person to ask questions shall be the person on whose application the witness was summoned and his/her representative, who should be followed by other persons participating in the case. The plaintiff shall be the first to ask questions to the witness summoned by the court's initiative.

The judge (judges) shall have the right to ask questions to the witness at any moment of his/her interrogation.

The interrogated witnesses shall stay in the courtroom until the end of the trial. The court may allow the interrogated witnesses to leave the courtroom before the end of the consideration of the case with the consent of the parties.

Where necessary, the court may interrogate a witness for the second time in the same or the next session, as well as make a confrontation between witnesses to clarify inconsistencies in their testimonies.