Publication: Magyar Közlöny
Issue: MK-2004-185 (Year: 2004, Number: 185)
Era: 2004-2010
Section: 
Paragraph Index: 26

e) a per son re qu es ted to give evi den ce may in vo ke the pri vi le ges and du ti es to re fu se to give the evi den ce con ta i ned in Ar tic le 11. Article 22 The fact that an at tempt to take evi den ce un der the pro ce du re laid down in this Chap ter has fa i led, owing to the re fu sal of a per son to give evi den ce, shall not pre vent an app li ca ti on be ing sub se qu ently made to take the evi den ce in ac cor dan ce with Chap ter I. Chapter III General claues Article 23 A Cont rac ting Sta te may at the time of sig na tu re, ra ti fi ca ti on or ac ces si on, dec la re that it will not exe cu te Lett ers of Re qu est is su ed for the pur po se of ob ta i ning pre-tri al dis co ve ry of do cu ments as known in Com mon Law co unt ri es. Article 24 A Cont rac ting Sta te may de sig na te ot her aut ho ri ti es in ad di ti on to the Cent ral Aut ho rity and shall de ter mi ne the ex tent of the ir com pe ten ce. Ho we ver, Lett ers of Re qu est may in all ca ses be sent to the Cent ral Aut ho rity. Fe de ral Sta tes shall be free to de sig na te more than one Cent ral Aut ho rity. Article 25 A Cont rac ting Sta te which has more than one le gal sys tem may de sig na te the aut ho ri ti es of one of such sys tems, which shall have exc lu si ve com pe ten ce to exe cu te Lett ers of Re qu est pur su ant to this Con ven ti on. Article 26 A Cont rac ting Sta te, if re qu i red to do so be ca u se of cons ti tu ti o nal li mi ta ti ons, may re qu est the re im bur se ment by the Sta te of ori gin of fees and costs, in con nec ti on with the exe cu ti on of Lett ers of Re qu est, for the ser vi ce of pro cess ne ces sa ry to com pel the ap pe a ran ce of a per son to give evi den ce, the costs of at ten dan ce of such per sons, and the cost of any transc ript of the evi den ce. Whe re a Sta te has made a re qu est pur su ant to the abo ve pa rag raph, any ot her Cont rac ting Sta te may re qu est from that Sta te the re im bur se ment of si mi lar fees and costs. Article 27 The pro vi si ons of the pre sent Con ven ti on shall not pre vent a Cont rac ting Sta te from –

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