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> Article 36
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II. Judicial Standards and Principles
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| 2.5 General Principles of Discovery and Investigation | ||
| Article 36-Depositions and discovery | ||
| 36.1 | Discovery | |
| Discovery is the act or process of finding or learning something that was previously unknown, either through voluntary disclosure and/or compulsory disclosure. | ||
| Permitted methods of discovery by this code are interrogatories, depositions, requests for admissions, and requests for production | ||
| 36.2 | Depositions | |
| A deposition is evidence given under oath and recorded for possible use in court at a later date. | ||
| The rules for taking a deposition are: | ||
| 1. Presence of court official at time/location of deposition being taken; and | ||
| 2. Presence of both parties at time/location of deposition being taken; and | ||
| 3. Proper recording of testimony of deposition and safe keeping of recorded material; and | ||
| 4. The right to follow up each prosecution/suitor question with a question by the respondent/lawful counsel. | ||
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