Article 51. Rights and Obligations of a Witness

Witness shall have the right to use the legal assistance of a lawyer, to testify in his native language if he does not command or command insufficiently the language in which the administrative proceedings are conducted, and in this case to use the services of an interpreter, to state his testimony by himself, and to use written notes and documents when giving testimony.

A witness shall be obliged to appear when summoned by the court, to give truthful testimony about the information and circumstances known to him in the case, to answer questions of the judge and persons participating in the case, to maintain order during the court session.

A witness shall be criminally liable for giving deliberately false testimony, which is warned by the court against writ receipt.

No one shall be obliged to testify against himself and his close relatives.

The obligation to testify shall not apply to persons who, in accordance with the law, have the right to refuse to testify on the basis of information and circumstances that have become known to them by virtue of their professional duty.