BWBV0006154
Geldig vanaf 01-12-2003
Artikel 10
Verdrag tussen de Regering van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden en de Regering van de Speciale Administratieve Regio Hongkong van de Volksrepubliek China inzake wederzijdse rechtshulp in strafzaken
1. Where a request is made that testimony be taken in the Requested Party, that Party shall arrange to have such testimony taken.
2. In addition to the information referred to in Article 5, paragraph (2), the Requesting Party shall specify in its request the questions to be put to the person who is required to give testimony or the subject matter about which he or she is to be examined.
3. The authorities involved in the Requesting Party and interested persons, and their legal representatives, may, subject to the law of the Requested Party, be present and question the person giving the testimony.
4. A person who is required to give testimony may decline to do so where either:
a) the law of the Requested Party would permit him or her to decline to give testimony in similar circumstances in proceedings which originated in the Requested Party; or
b) the law of the Requesting Party would permit him or her to decline to give testimony in such proceedings in the Requesting Party.
5. If a person claims that there is a right to decline to give testimony under the law of the Requesting Party, the Central Authority of the Requested Party shall, where appropriate, consult with the Central Authority of the Requesting Party and rely on a declaration provided by that Authority.
2. In addition to the information referred to in Article 5, paragraph (2), the Requesting Party shall specify in its request the questions to be put to the person who is required to give testimony or the subject matter about which he or she is to be examined.
3. The authorities involved in the Requesting Party and interested persons, and their legal representatives, may, subject to the law of the Requested Party, be present and question the person giving the testimony.
4. A person who is required to give testimony may decline to do so where either:
a) the law of the Requested Party would permit him or her to decline to give testimony in similar circumstances in proceedings which originated in the Requested Party; or
b) the law of the Requesting Party would permit him or her to decline to give testimony in such proceedings in the Requesting Party.
5. If a person claims that there is a right to decline to give testimony under the law of the Requesting Party, the Central Authority of the Requested Party shall, where appropriate, consult with the Central Authority of the Requesting Party and rely on a declaration provided by that Authority.
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- Art. 10
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- Geldend recht
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- BWBV0006154
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