French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Certificates.
Article 201
Attestations must be drawn up by persons who are eligible to be heard as witnesses.
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Attestations must be drawn up by persons who are eligible to be heard as witnesses.
The judge hears the witnesses in their evidence separately and in the order he or she determines. The witnesses shall be heard in the presence of the parties or the parties called. By way of exception…
If a witness justifies that he is unable to attend on the day indicated, the judge may grant him a delay or transport himself to receive his evidence.
It is part of the judge's mission to reconcile the parties.
The judge may base his decision on all the facts relating to the case before him, including those that may not have been alleged.
The parties conduct the proceedings under the charges incumbent upon them. It is their responsibility to perform the procedural acts in the required form and time.
The judge may rule without debate.
Persons who are heard as witnesses take an oath to tell the truth. The judge reminds them that they incur fines and imprisonment in the event of false testimony. Persons who are heard without taking a…
Defaulting witnesses may be summoned at their own expense if their hearing is deemed necessary. Defaulting witnesses and those who, without a legitimate reason, refuse to give evidence or take the oat…
The judge may rehear the witnesses, confront them with each other or with the parties; where appropriate, he or she will conduct the hearing in the presence of a technician.
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