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4. Interrogation of accused personsArticle 89(1) When a accused person is being interrogated for the first time, he shall be asked tostate his first name and surname, his personal ID number, nicknames, if any, the firstnames and surnames of his parents, his mother’s maiden name, his place of birth, hisresidence, date of birth, citizenship, occupation, family circumstances, literacy status,professional qualifications, whether he served in the armed forces and where, whetherhe is a junior officer or officer in the armed forces reserve, or a military clerk, whether heis registered with the armed forces registry and with which authority responsible fordefence affairs, whether he was ever decorated, his financial standing, whether he wasever convicted of any offence, what offence, and where, whether he served anysentence pronounced against him, and whether proceedings are being conductedagainst him in connection with another criminal offence.(2) The accused person shall be informed of his duty to respond to summons andpromptly make notification of a change of address or any intention to change abode, andshall be cautioned of the consequences of failing to act accordingly. The accused personshall then be informed about his rights proceeding from Article 4 paragraph 2 item 2) ofthis Code, what he is being accused of, the grounds of the suspicion against him, that heis not required to present a defence or to answer any questions, and he shall be invitedto present his defence if he so wishes.(3) It shall be made possible for suspects who so request to read, immediately beforetheir first interrogation, the criminal complaint, the record of the crime scene inspection,the findings and opinions of experts witnesses, and the request for the conduct of aninvestigation.(4) Accused persons are interrogated verbally. Accused persons are entitled to use theirnotes during interrogation.(5) During the interrogation it should be made possible to the accused person to declarehimself without being interrupted on all the circumstances against him and the factswhich support his defence.(6) After an accused person has completed his statement, if necessary he shall bequestioned for the purpose of filling in any gaps in his statement, clarifying it, oreliminating discrepancies.(7) Accused persons ate interrogated in a cultured manner and with full respect for theirperson.(8) The use of force, threats, deception, impermissible promises, coercion, exhaustion orother similar means may not be used against accused persons (Article 131 paragraph 4)in order to obtain statements or confessions or actions which could be used against himas evidence.(9) Accused persons may be interrogated without a defence counsel being present onlywhere they had explicitly waived that right, where defence is not mandatory, where the