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(2) The president of the chamber shall call witnesses who had not taken oaths in theinvestigation to take an oath before giving testimony, and if they had already taken anoath during the investigation, the president shall remind them that they are under oath.Article 330(1) Before questioning expert witnesses, the president of the chamber shall caution themabout their duty to present their findings and opinions to the best of their knowledge andcaution them that presenting false findings and opinions is a criminal offence.(2) The president of the chamber shall call expert witnesses who are not under oath totake an oath before giving testimony, and where they had already taken an oath, remindthem that they are under oath.(3) Expert witnesses present their findings and opinions at trials orally. Where an expertwitness has prepared written findings and opinions before the trial, he may be allowed toread them out, and then they shall be attached to the trial record.(4) The chamber may decide that instead of summoning an expert from the institution orauthority entrusted with the expert analysis it will read out the findings and opinion itself,if the nature of the expert analysis makes it unlikely to expect a more comprehensiveexplanation of their written findings and opinion. Where it deems it necessary in view ofthe other evidence adduced and the objections of the parties (Article 339), the chambermay decide to question at a later time the experts who performed the expert analysis.Article 331(1) The parties, the president of the chamber and the members of the chamber shallquestion witnesses and expert witnesses directly. Unless the parties have agreed to adifferent order of precedence, the first to question the witness shall be the party whomade the motion for that witness or expert witness to be heard, followed by the opposingparty, followed by the president and members of the chamber, followed by the aggrievedor his legal representative and proxy, co-defendants and expert witnesses. Wherepresentation of evidence was ordered by the court without a motion from any of theparties, the first to pose questions shall be the president and members of the chamber,followed by the prosecutor, the defendant and his defence counsel, the aggrieved or hislegal representative and proxy, and expert witnesses. The party which had proposed thewitness or expert witness may ask additional questions after all the others.(2) The aggrieved, or his legal representative and proxy, as well as expert witnesses,may pose questions directly, with the consent of the president of the chamber.(3) The president of the chamber shall bar a question or an answer to a questionbecause it is inadmissible (Article 103 paragraph 1) or does not refer to the charges atissue. The parties may ask the chamber to rule on the ban.(4) The president of the chamber may at any time pose questions contributing to a morecomprehensive or clearer response to a question posed by other participants in theproceedings.