Chapter II: Possibility for a witness to give evidence anonymously

The request provided for in the first paragraph of Article 706-58 specifies the identity of the person and the reasons why, with regard to the elements contained in the file of the investigation proceedings or the information, which is attached, in copy or original, to the request, the statements of the person must be taken without his identity appearing in the proceedings. The application may be accompanied by a record…

The separate files and the register provided for in the second paragraph of Article 706-58 are kept by the public prosecutor. They may only be communicated to the liberty and custody judge or investigating judge or, in the case provided for in the second paragraph of article 706-60, to the president of the investigating chamber.

If the liberty and custody judge authorises the person to be heard without his or her identity appearing in the proceedings, that person shall be given a serial number which shall be entered on the separate file and in the register provided for in the second paragraph of article 706-58. The record of the hearing of the person and the record provided for in the second paragraph of Article 706-58,…

At the end of the hearing, the person is asked to reread his or her statement as it has just been transcribed, to state whether he or she declares that his or her statements remain unchanged and to sign the separate minutes. This is mentioned in the main record, each page of which is signed, depending on the case, by the judicial police officer or the public prosecutor or by…

The person who has benefited from the provisions of the first paragraph of Article 706-58 is informed that he or she must notify the public prosecutor of any changes of address during the year following the hearing. The summonses and subpoenas of this person are made through the intermediary of the public prosecutor. If the latter finds on this occasion that the person has changed address, he shall enter his…

If the liberty and custody judge does not authorise the person’s statements to be taken without his identity appearing in the proceedings, the request and the decision of this magistrate, as well as, where applicable, the opinion of the public prosecutor, the record of the hearing and the report provided for in the second and third paragraphs of Article R. 53-27 are placed in a file separate from the case…