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Article 30
 

The witnesses may appear voluntarily without losing their compensation. They shall appear before court on simple notification. They shall swear an oath as in a criminal case.


If they do not appear before the court or give false testimony they shall be prosecuted and punished as in a criminal case.


However, the punishments pronounced against an absent witness are applied without prosecution by the court or the magistrate conducting the investigation.