Section 2622 Of Article 2. Prisoners As Witnesses From California Penal Code >> Title 1. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 3. >> Article 2.
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. When the order for personal appearance is not made pursuant
to Section 2620 or Section 2621 the deposition of the prisoner may be
taken in the manner provided for in the case of a witness who is
sick, and Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 1335) of Title 10 of
Part 2 shall, so far as applicable, govern in the application for and
in the taking and use of that deposition. The deposition may be
taken before any magistrate or notary public of the county in which
the prison is situated; or in case the defendant is unable to pay for
taking the deposition, before an officer of the prison designated by
the board, whose duty it shall be to act without compensation. Every
officer before whom testimony shall be taken under this section,
shall have authority to administer, and shall administer, an oath to
the witness that his or her testimony shall be the truth, the whole
truth, and nothing but the truth.