Organized Crime Prevention Act Article 12

Any information containing the name, sex, age, place of birth, profession, personal identification number, place of residence or any other information capable of identifying the offender or witness referred to in this Act shall be sealed and kept separate by the prosecutor or the judge and is not subject to review or examination. The inquisition report of a witness may only be included as part of the evidence where it is prepared before a judge or a prosecutor in accordance with the procedure set forth in the Code of Criminal Procedure. Where the facts of the case may subject the victim or the witness to violence, coercion, intimidation or other retaliatory actions, the presiding judge or the prosecution may exercise its discretion according to the law or according to the victim's or the witness' petition objecting to the demand by counsel for the accused to question or cross examine the said witness or the victim and to bar the counsel for the accused from reviewing, copying, or video taping any information or documents capable of identifying the said victim or witness. The presiding judge or the prosecutor shall recite the meaning of the evidentiary report or the documentation to the accused for opinion and confirmation.The questioning, cross-examination or confrontation of a criminal organization victim during an investigation or trial may be conducted outside the court upon request or virtute officii or may be undertaken by using audiovisual telecommunications equipment or other appropriate methods to separate the victim from the defendant.Any criminal organization victim located outside the country may be questioned, cross-examined through audiovisual telecommunications equipment in an ROC embassy or representative office.Other additional measures or laws for the protection of informers, victims, and the witnesses may be enacted.