1. The witness has the obligation to testify in court, and the testimony of the witness must be cross-examined and verified by the prosecutor, the victim, the defendant and the defender in court before it can be used as the basis for deciding the case.
Anyone who knows the case has the obligation to testify. However, a person who is physically and mentally defective or young, can't distinguish right from wrong and can't express correctly can't be a witness.
3. People's courts, people's procuratorates and public security organs shall ensure the safety of witnesses and their close relatives. Threatening, insulting, beating or retaliating against witnesses and their close relatives, which constitutes a crime, shall be investigated for criminal responsibility according to law; If it is not serious enough for criminal punishment, it shall be given administrative punishment for public security according to law.
4 cases of crimes endangering national security, terrorist activities, organized crimes of underworld nature, drug crimes, etc. The people's courts, people's procuratorates and public security organs shall take corresponding protective measures if the personal safety of witnesses, expert witnesses, victims or their close relatives is threatened because they testify in litigation.
5. Transportation, accommodation, meals and other expenses. The expenses incurred by witnesses in fulfilling their obligation to testify shall be subsidized. If a witness from the work unit testifies, the work unit shall not deduct his salary, bonus and other welfare benefits in disguise.
It should be noted that confessions of criminal suspects and defendants collected by illegal methods such as extorting confessions by torture, witness testimony and victim statements collected by illegal methods such as violence and threats should be excluded. If the collection of material evidence and documentary evidence does not conform to legal procedures and may seriously affect judicial justice, it shall be corrected or a reasonable explanation shall be made; If it cannot be corrected or a reasonable explanation cannot be given, the evidence shall be excluded.
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Legal basis: Civil Procedure Law
Article 72 All units and individuals who know the circumstances of a case have the obligation to testify in court. The person in charge of the relevant unit shall support the witness to testify. People who cannot express their meaning correctly cannot testify.
Article 73 Upon notification by the people's court, a witness shall testify in court. Under any of the following circumstances, with the permission of the people's court, written testimony, audio-visual transmission technology or audio-visual materials may be used to testify:
Unable to appear in court for health reasons;
(2) Being unable to appear in court due to long distance and inconvenient transportation;
(3) Unable to appear in court due to force majeure such as natural disasters;
(four) other legitimate reasons can not appear in court.
Seventy-fourth transportation, accommodation, meals and other necessary expenses. The time lost by the witness to testify in court shall be borne by the losing party. If a party applies for a witness to testify, it shall pay the fee in advance; If the parties fail to apply and the people's court notifies the witness to testify, the people's court shall pay in advance.