Constitución en Inglés

97 Corte Constitucional de Colombia concerning matters directly related to the committee’s ongoing investigations. The standing committee may require the testimony to be under oath. If a subpoenaed party should give an excuse for not appearing, and should the committee insist in summoning the individual or individuals, the Constitutional Court, after hearing them, shall definitively solve the issue within ten days. This proceeding is subject to confidentiality. The refusal of subpoenaed parties to appear or give testimony shall be sanctioned by the committee with the penalty set by the regulations in effect for contempt of the authorities. If the assistance of other authorities should be needed to conclude the committee’s investigation, or for the prosecution of possible criminal infractions, those authorities shall be required to provide whatever is necessary.