Expert witness and expert testimony in new Slovak Criminal Procedure Code
Kovác, P.
Soudni Lekarstvi 51(2): 22-26
2006
ISSN/ISBN: 0371-1854 PMID: 16715644 Document Number: 602732
As of 1st January 2006, new criminal law consisting of the Act No. 300/2004 Coll. (Penal Code) and the Act No. 301/2005 Coll. (Criminal Procedure Code) became effective in the Slovak Republic. These two acts replaced Criminal Law originating from 1961. The author analyses impact and changes introduced with new Criminal Procedure Code in the regulation of expert witness in general and expert witness testimony.