Article 47
Anonymous Witnesses
1. When a person’s testimony in ethics proceedings opened in accordance with this Code could endanger his life or put him or his family or close friends in physical danger, the chairman of the competent chamber or his deputy may order that:
- a. the witness not be identified in the presence of the parties;
- b. the witness not appear at the hearing;
- c. all or some of the information that could be used to identify the witness be included only in a separate, confidential case file. III. ORGANISATION AND PROCEDURE
2. In view of all the circumstances and in particular if no other evidence is available to corroborate that of the anonymous witness and if it is technically possible, the chairman of the competent chamber or his deputy may exceptionally order, on his own initiative or at the request of one of the parties, that:
- a. the witness’s voice be distorted;
- b. the witness’s face be masked;
- c. the witness be questioned outside the courtroom;
- d. the witness be questioned in writing through the chairman of the competent chamber or his deputy.
3. Disciplinary measures shall be imposed on anyone who reveals the identity of an anonymous witness or any information that could be used to identify him.