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to rule on it. The chamber shall issue a decision within three days of receiving the casefiles.(3) Where the investigating judge or chamber accept the request referred to in Article109b of this Code, they shall issue a ruling containing the following: a code-name toreplace the witness’s real name, an order for the erasure from the files of the name ofthe protected witness and other data from which his identity could be established, themanner in which the questioning will be undertaken, and the measures required toprevent disclosure of the identity of the witness, his abode or residence, and those ofpersons close to him.(4) Rulings referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article may be appealed by parties and thewitness. Rulings on the appeals shall be rendered by the chamber referred to in 24paragraph 6 of this Code, and by a court of second instance after the indictmentassumes legal force. The chamber shall render a decision on the appeal within a periodof three days, and the second-instance court within eight days of receiving the files.Article 109g(1) After the ruling on special witness protection measures become legally binding, thecourt shall issue a special order classified as an official secret in which it will notify theparties and the witness in a confidential manner about the date, time and location of theexamination of the witness.(2) Before commencing the questioning the witness shall be informed that he will bequestioned under special security measures, about the specifics of the measures, andthat his identity shall not be divulged to anyone except the judges adjudicating the case,and, one month before the commencement of the trial, also the parties and the defencecounsel shall also be informed.(3) The examination of protected witnesses may be performed in one or more of thefollowing manners: by excluding the public from the trial, by concealing the witness’sappearance, and by giving testimony from a separate room through voice and imagetransmission equipment using voice- and image-alteration.(4) Data on the identity of the witness and persons close to him and about othercircumstances which may lead to disclosure of his identity shall be sealed by theinvestigating judge or chamber referred to in Article 109v of this Code in a separatecover which shall be delivered for safekeeping to the witness-protection unit. Suchsealed covers may only be opened by second-instance chambers ruling on appealsagainst the judgement. On the cover shall be specified the date and time of the openingof the cover, as well as the names of the members of the chamber who were informedabout the contents of the data, following which the cover shall be re-sealed and returnedto the witness-protection unit.Article 109dJudgements may not be based solely on statements made by protected witnesses.

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