Code of Criminal Procedure Article 195

This English translation was last updated on 2020-01-15, but the Chinese text was amended on 2026-05-13. Later amendments may not be reflected in the translation — please refer to the Chinese text.

A presiding judge or public prosecutor may request the judge or public prosecutor of a place where a witness is found to examine him; if the witness cannot be found at such place, the judge or public prosecutor of such place may in turn make such request of a judge or public prosecutor of a place where the accused may be found.The provision of section III of Article 177 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the requisitioned examination of the witness.A requisitioned judge or public prosecutor who examines a witness shall have the same rights as the presiding judge or public prosecutor of the court in which the case is pending.Note: Articles 1 through 343 were amended lastly on February 6, 2003.
中文原文 刑事訴訟法第195條
審判長或檢察官得囑託證人所在地之法官或檢察官訊問證人;如證人不在該地者,該法官、檢察官得轉囑託其所在地之法官、檢察官。
第一百七十七條第三項之規定,於受託訊問證人時準用之。
受託法官或檢察官訊問證人者,與本案繫屬之法院審判長或檢察官有同一之權限。

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