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Article 1
This Law shall govern terms and procedures for providing protection and assistance to participants in criminal proceedings and their close persons who are facing a danger to life, health, physical integrity, freedom or property due to testifying or providing information significant for the purpose of proving of a criminal offence.
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Article 2
The protection of persons specified in Article 1 hereof shall be provided through the application of the Protection Program.
The Protection Program shall comprise all measures provided under this Law that are applied with the objective to protect the life, health, physical integrity, freedom or property of the protected person.
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Article 3
For the purpose of this Law the following terms shall mean:
1) A participant in criminal proceedings may be a suspect, defendant, witness-collaborator, witness, injured party, expert witness and expert person;
2) Close person is a person for whom the participant in criminal proceedings demands to be included in the Protection Program;
3) Protected preson is a person included in the Protection Program.
Suspect, defendant, witness-collaborator, witness, injured party, expert witness and expert person shall have the same meaning as provided in relevant provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code.
