Section 1357 Of Chapter 5. Examination Of Witnesses On Commission From California Penal Code >> Title 10. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 5.
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. The commissioner, unless otherwise specially directed, may
execute the commission in the following order:
(a) He or she shall publicly administer an oath to the witness
that his or her answers given to the interrogatories shall be the
truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
(b) He or she shall cause the examination of the witness to be
reduced to writing and subscribed by the witness.
(c) He or she shall write the answers of the witness as near as
possible in the language in which he or she gives them, and read to
the witness each answer as it is taken down, and correct or add to it
until it conforms to what he or she declares is the truth.
(d) If the witness declines to answer a question, that fact, with
the reason assigned by him or her for declining, shall be stated.
(e) If any papers or documents are produced before him or her and
proved by the witness, they, or copies of them, shall be annexed to
the deposition subscribed by the witness and certified by the
commissioner.
(f) The commissioner shall subscribe his or her name to each sheet
of the deposition, and annex the deposition, with the papers and
documents proved by the witness, or copies thereof, to the
commission, and shall close it up under seal, and address it as
directed by the indorsement thereon.
(g) If there is a direction on the commission to return it by
mail, the commissioner shall immediately deposit it in the nearest
post office. If any other direction is made by the written consent of
the parties, or by the court or judge, on the commission, as to its
return, the commissioner shall comply with the direction.
A copy of this section shall be annexed to the commission.