Article 402

At the trial a witness or professional consultant is examined with the analogous application of Article 98 of this Code, while an expert witness presents his findings and opinion orally, but the panel may allow him to read written findings and opinion, which it will then attach to the transcript.

The parties and the defence counsel, the president of the panel and the members of the panel question a witness, expert witness and professional consultant directly, and the injured party or his legal representative and proxy, and an expert witness or professional consultant, may pose questions directly with the permission of the president of the panel.

If both parties propose the examination of the same witness or the same expert analysis, it will be deemed that the evidence was proposed by the party whose motion was first recorded in the court.

If the court ordered the examination of a witness or an expert analysis without a motion by the parties, the questions are first posed by the president and members of the panel, then by the prosecutor, the defendant and his defence counsel, and expert witness or professional consultant.

The injured party or his legal representative and proxy are entitled to question a witness, expert witness or professional consultant after the prosecutor, whenever the prosecutor is entitled to examination.

The direct examination is performed first, followed by cross-examination, and additional questions may be posed with the approval of the president of the panel.

In the examination of a witness, expert witness or professional consultant the provisions of Article 397 paragraphs 4 and 5 and Article 398 paragraphs 3 to 5 of this Code shall be analogously applied.