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Persons who are ordered to appear and offer evidence must do so. Any refusal to appear before the court is deemed as punishable by contempt of court. It is not necessary for the person being investigated to take an oath like other witnesses, on the premise of the person who has been investigated is capable of calling a lawyer for assistance. Witnesses other than the civil claimant cannot acquire the assistance of a lawyer unless they are advised to accept the investigation. In such cases, the trial judge must warn the witnesses in advance. As for the criminal proceedings, they shall be conducted in writing or made into a written record immediately afterwards, instead of presenting to public and likewise they are not adversary in form except in the extremely limited circumstances. | Persons who are ordered to appear and offer evidence must do so. Any refusal to appear before the court is deemed as punishable by contempt of court. It is not necessary for the person being investigated to take an oath like other witnesses, on the premise of the person who has been investigated is capable of calling a lawyer for assistance. Witnesses other than the civil claimant cannot acquire the assistance of a lawyer unless they are advised to accept the investigation. In such cases, the trial judge must warn the witnesses in advance. As for the criminal proceedings, they shall be conducted in writing or made into a written record immediately afterwards, instead of presenting to public and likewise they are not adversary in form except in the extremely limited circumstances. | ||
==== Trial ==== | ==== Trial ==== | ||
==== Post-trial ==== | ==== Post-trial ==== | ||
== Criminal court system == | == Criminal court system == | ||
=== Hierarchy of courts === | === Hierarchy of courts === | ||
Caphiria has a court system divided into two broad categories - national and local - with five primary courts (''prima atrium legis'') and several special courts (''solutus'' ''atrium legis''). | |||
==== National ==== | ==== National ==== | ||
===== Supreme Court ===== | ===== Supreme Court ===== | ||