Experts may receive, by way of information and for the sole purpose of carrying out their mission, statements from any person other than the person under investigation, the assisted witness or the civil party.
However, if the examining magistrate or the magistrate appointed by the court has authorised them to do so, they may, with the consent of the interested parties, take statements from the accused person, the assisted witness or the civil party necessary for the performance of their mission. These statements are taken in the presence of their lawyer or the latter duly summoned under the conditions provided for in the second paragraph of Article 114, unless a written waiver is given to the experts. These statements may also be taken during questioning or deposition before the investigating judge in the presence of the expert.
The expert doctors or psychologists responsible for examining the accused person, the assisted witness or the civil party may in all cases ask them questions in order to carry out their mission outside the presence of the judge and the lawyers.