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(4) Aggrieved parties summoned as witnesses shall be informed by the court in thesummons that he trial would be held even without their presence, but that theirstatements on indemnification claims would be read out. The aggrieved shall also becautioned that if he fails to appear it shall be deemed that he is not willing to continueprosecution if the public prosecutor abandons the indictment.(5) Subsidiary prosecutors and private prosecutors shall be cautioned in their summonsthat if they or their proxies fail to appear at the trial it shall be deemed that theyabandoned their charges.(6) Defendants, witnesses and expert witnesses shall be cautioned in their summonsabout the consequences of not appearing at the trial (Articles 304 and 307).Article 286(1) The parties and the aggrieved may request even after a trial date is set that newwitnesses or expert witnesses are summoned to the trial or new evidence adduced. Theparties shall specify in their substantiated requests what facts would have to be provedand by means of which proposed evidence.(2) The president of the trial chamber may order collection of new evidence for the trialeven without a request from the parties.(3) The parties shall be notified before the commencement of the trial of the decisionordering collection of new evidence.Article 287If it appears probable that the trial could be of significant duration, the president of thetrial chamber may ask the president of the court to designate one or two judges, or layjudges, to attend the trial as replacements for any members of the trial chamber who areunavoidably detained.Article 288(1) Where it is learned that a witness or expert witness summoned to the trial and not yetexamined will not be able to attend the trial due to lengthy illness or other problem, theymay be examined wherever they are located.(2) Witnesses or expert witnesses shall be examined and sworn in by the president ofthe trial chamber or a judge member of the trial chamber, or their examination will beperformed by the investigating judge of the court within whose territorial jurisdiction thewitness of expert witness is located.(3) If possible in view of the expediency of the proceedings, the parties and aggrievedshall be notified of the time and place of the examination. If the defendant is in detention,the president of the trial chamber shall decide whether he needs to be present at theexamination. Where the parties and the aggrieved are attending examination, they areentitled to the rights specified in Article 251 paragraph 7 of this Code.