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Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Slovenia (2001) (excerpts related to Judicial and Prosecution Systems) (English)
Criminal Procedure Code
Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, Nos.63/94, 70/94, 72/98, 6/99, 66/2000, 111/2001
(excerpts)
Chapter 18
Acts of Investigation
Article 240
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5) If revealing the identity of a witness would lead to a well-founded danger to the life of the witness or to the life of the witness's close relatives (clauses 1 to 3 of the first paragraph of Article 236 of this Act), or if the witness is the direct performer of measures under Articles 150, 151 and 155 of this Act and Article 49 of the Law on the Police (Ur.l. RS no. 49/98) whom the responsible body exempted from the obligation to protect official secrets, then revealing the identity of the witness shall not be permitted. In such instances, the data obtained in procedures under the third paragraph of this Article, immediately after identification and prior to interrogation of the witness, shall be removed from the record and stored as official secrets. This data may be examined and used only within the procedure of deciding on appeals against the resolution from the last paragraph of this Article. Personal data shall as a rule not be requested from direct performers of activities under Articles 150, 151 and 155 of this Act and under Article 49 of the Law on the Police, and it shall be sufficient if they identify themselves through their official working name and an official document which confirms their identity.
(6) The interrogation of witnesses from the previous paragraph shall be performed with the aid of technical assets (protective walls, voice-distortion equipment, audio transmission from a special room and other protective means). The investigating judge shall prohibit all questions to which the answers could reveal the identity of the witness.
(7) The investigating judge shall issue a special resolution to guarantee the anonymity of specific witnesses. He shall decide on this at the suggestion of the public prosecutor or of the witness, or ex officio. The resolution may not contain data which could lead to the discovery of the identity of the witness.
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Chapter 21
Main Hearing
Article 331
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(7) If a witness whose identity must not be revealed (fifth paragraph of Article 240) must be questioned in the main hearing, such questioning shall be conducted with the aid of technical assets (protective walls, voice distortion equipment, audio transmission from a special room and other protective means). The president of the panel shall prohibit all questions the answers to which could reveal the identity of the witness.