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(2) All changes, corrections and amendments shall be entered at the end of the recordand duly certified by the persons signing the record.Article 177(1) Interrogated or questioned persons, persons whose presence is mandatory in theproceedings, as well as parties, defence counsel and the aggrieved party, if they arepresent, are entitled to read the record or to demand that it be read to them. The personconducting the action shall notify them of this right, and it shall be noted in the recordwhether such information was provided and whether the record was read. The recordshall always be read if no recorder was present, which shall also be stated in the record.(2) Interrogated or questioned persons shall sign the record. Where the record consistsof several leaves, the interrogated or questioned person shall sign every leaf. Where aninterrogated or questioned person refuses to sign the record or to leave a fingerprint onit, it shall be so noted in the record, as well as the reasons for the refusal.(3) The interpreter, if any, and witnesses whose presence is mandatory in theperformance of investigatory actions shall sign the record last, and during searches alsothe person who is being searched personally or his abode is being searched. Where therecord is not being made by a recorder (Article 174 paragraph 2), the record shall besigned by the persons attending the action. If there are no such persons, or if they arenot able to understand the contents of the record, the record shall be signed by twowitnesses, except where it is not possible to secure their presence.(4) Instead of a signature illiterate persons shall make a print of the thumb of their righthand, and the record shall sign the person’s first name and surname under the print.Where it is not possible to obtain a print from the right hand thumb, a print of any otherfinger on any hand shall be made, and it shall be noted in the record which finger andwhich hand were concerned.(5) Where the interrogated or questioned person has no hands – he shall read therecord, and if the person is also illiterate – he shall have the record read to him, and thataction shall be noted in the record.(6) If the action could not be completed without an interruption, the time and date of theinterruption shall be noted in the record, as shall the date and time when the action wasresumed.(7) Where there were objections in respect of the contents of the record, the objectionsshall also be entered in the record.(8) The last to sign the record shall be the person who had undertaken the action andthe recorder.Article 178(1) Where it is specified in this Code that a court’s decision cannot be based onstatements made by the accused person, witnesses or expert witnesses, the