Esta ley explica cómo un comisionado debe tomar la declaración de un testigo. Primero, el testigo jura decir la verdad, luego se escriben sus respuestas y se aseguran de que todo sea correcto.
Es como cuando un profesor graba una clase: primero le pide a los estudiantes que digan lo que piensan, luego anota sus palabras y les pide que verifiquen que lo que dijo es correcto.
Imagina que Laura es testigo de un accidente. El comisionado la llama y le pide que jure decir la verdad. Durante su declaración, escribe lo que ella dice y le pregunta si todo está correcto. Al final, pone todo en un sobre y lo envía al tribunal.
Penal Code - PEN PART 2. OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE [681 - 1620] ( Part 2 enacted 1872. ) TITLE 10. MISCELLANEOUS PROCEEDINGS [1268 - 1424.5] ( Title 10 enacted 1872. ) CHAPTER 5. Examination of Witnesses on Commission [1349 - 1362] ( Chapter 5 enacted 1872. ) 1357. The commissioner, unless otherwise specially directed, may execute the commission in the following order: (a) He or she shall publicly administer an oath to the witness that his or her answers given to the interrogatories shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. (b) He or she shall cause the examination of the witness to be reduced to writing and subscribed by the witness. (c) He or she shall write the answers of the witness as near as possible in the language in which he or she gives them, and read to the witness each answer as it is taken down, and correct or add to it until it conforms to what he or she declares is the truth. (d) If the witness declines to answer a question, that fact, with the reason assigned by him or her for declining, shall be stated. (e) If any papers or documents are produced before him or her and proved by the witness, they, or copies of them, shall be annexed to the deposition subscribed by the witness and certified by the commissioner. (f) The commissioner shall subscribe his or her name to each sheet of the deposition, and annex the deposition, with the papers and documents proved by the witness, or copies thereof, to the commission, and shall close it up under seal, and address it as directed by the indorsement thereon. (g) If there is a direction on the commission to return it by mail, the commissioner shall immediately deposit it in the nearest post office. If any other direction is made by the written consent of the parties, or by the court or judge, on t
Si un testigo no quiere responder, el comisionado debe anotar esa negativa y la razón que dio el testigo para no contestar.
El comisionado lee las respuestas al testigo mientras las escribe, y le permite corregir o añadir información hasta que todo sea exacto.
Si el testigo tiene documentos relevantes, el comisionado los debe incluir junto con la declaración firmada por el testigo.
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