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Article 94Where an accused person confesses to the commission of a criminal offence, theauthority conducting the proceedings is required to continue gathering evidence aboutthe criminal offence only where if exists reasonable doubt about the veracity of theconfession, if there are contradictions or ambiguities, and if the confession is notsupported by other evidence.Article 95(1) Interrogations of accused persons shall be conducted with the help of interpreterswhere so provided for by his Code.(2) If the accused person is deaf, he shall be questioned in writing, and if he is mute, heshall be called to answer in writing. If interrogation cannot be performed in this manner,a person with whom the accused person can communicate shall be called in as aninterpreter.(3) If the interpreter has not previously taken an oath, he shall swear that he shallfaithfully communicate the questions asked of the accused person and the statementshe makes.(4) The provisions of this Code relating to expert witnesses shall apply accordingly tointerpreters.5. Examination of witnessesArticle 96(1) Persons who are likely to have knowledge and to be able to provide informationabout the criminal offence and the perpetrator and other important circumstances shallbe summoned as witnesses.(2) Aggrieved parties, subsidiary prosecutors and private prosecutors may bequestioned as witnesses.(3) All persons summoned as witnesses have an obligation to respond to the summons,and, unless specified otherwise by this Code, to give testimony.Article 97The following may not be examined as witnesses:1) persons who would by their statements violate the duty to preserve a state, military orofficial secret, unless a competent authority releases them from that obligation;2) the accused person’s defence counsel, in connection with what he was told by theaccused person;