FLAVIUS CHINTASVINTUS, KING.
X. Those who have Charge of the Royal Treasury, when a Suit is brought for its Benefit, have authority to appoint whom they wish to represent them.
Nothing should be done rashly in matters relating to the royal treasury. And whenever it appears advisable to proceed against any one on behalf of the treasury, he who is charged with that duty shall have the right to conduct the case before either the governor of the city, or the judge. If, however, he should happen to be absent from the place where the business is to be transacted, or should be prevented by any accident, or even should be unwilling to appear in his own person, he shall have the unquestionable right to appoint any one he chooses, to bring an action in which the public interests are involved.[10]
TITLE IV. CONCERNING WITNESSES AND EVIDENCE.
| I. | Concerning Persons who are not Permitted to Testify. |
| II. | Witnesses shall not Testify except under Oath; Where both parties offer Witnesses which should be Believed; and Where a Witness Testifies Falsely. |
| III. | Where a Witness Testifies Orally, and Written Evidence Contradicts Him. |
| IV. | A Slave shall not be Believed unless he Belongs to the Crown; and When Royal Slaves shall be Believed. |
| V. | A Witness shall not give His Testimony in Writing, but Orally, and How Testimony should be Given. |
| VI. | Concerning Those who give False Testimony. |
| VII. | Concerning Those who are Proved to have given False Testimony; and Concerning the Space of Six Months in which a Witness may be Declared Infamous. It shall not be Lawful to give Testimony concerning One who is Dead. |
| VIII. | Concerning Those who Induce Others to give False Testimony; or Encourage the Slaves of Others to Seek their Liberty. |
| IX. | In what Causes Slaves can Testify. |
| X. | Concerning Those who Bind themselves in Writing, not to give True Testimony in the Causes of Others. |
| XI. | At what Age Minors can Testify. |
| XII. | A Near Relative, or a Kinsman, of a Party to a Suit, cannot give Testimony against a Stranger. |
FLAVIUS CHINTASVINTUS, KING.
I. Concerning Persons who are not Permitted to Testify.
Murderers, malefactors, thieves, criminals, poisoners, ravishers, perjurors, or those who are addicted to the practice of sorcery or divination, shall under no circumstances be permitted to testify.
II. Witnesses shall not Testify except under Oath; Where both parties offer Witnesses which should be Believed; and Where a Witness Testifies Falsely.
The judge, as soon as the cause is heard, the witnesses having been sworn according to law, shall render judgment. No witnesses shall be permitted to testify without having first been sworn. If evidence should be offered by both sides, its weight shall be duly considered, and the judge shall determine on which side it preponderates.