Can the victim's wife be an expert witness in criminal proceedings in Vietnam?
My husband has just had a traffic accident, and I am currently working in the injury assessment room of the police agency. Can I become an expert witness to participate in the proceedings?
Can the victim's wife be an expert witness in criminal proceedings in Vietnam?
According to the provisions of Clause 5, Article 68 of the Criminal Procedure Code 2015, expert witnesses in criminal procedures:
5. Expert witnesses must decline to engage in legal proceedings or submit to replacement in the following events:
a) They are concurrently crime victims, litigants, or representatives or kindred of crime victims, litigants, suspects or defendants;
b) Having performed the role of defense counsels, witness testifiers, interpreters, translators or valuators in the lawsuit;
c) Having engaged in legal proceedings of the lawsuit.
Thus, in your case, because you are the wife of the victim, according to regulations in Vietnam, relatives will not be able to participate as an expert witness to participate in the proceedings.
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