Swiss Civil Procedure Code
(Civil Procedure Code, CPC)

¹ A wit­ness shall be cau­tioned as to the re­quire­ment to tell the truth be­fore be­ing ques­tioned; if at least 14 years of age, the wit­ness shall also be ad­vised of the crim­in­al con­sequences of per­jury (Art. 307 SCC⁷²).

² The court shall ques­tion each wit­ness in­di­vidu­ally with no oth­er wit­nesses present; the fore­go­ing is sub­ject to the pro­vi­sions on con­front­a­tion.

³ The wit­ness must testi­fy without notes; the court may au­thor­ise the use of writ­ten doc­u­ments.

⁴ The court shall ex­clude wit­nesses from the re­mainder of the hear­ing as long as they have not been re­leased from be­ing a wit­ness.