200 THE ALGERIAN FOREST CODE 



This afi&davit shall be received by the registrar and signed by 

 the accused or his proxy; in case of his being unable or not 

 knowing how to sign, express mention of the fact shall be made. 



On the day fixed for the hearing, the tribunal shall certify and 

 fix a period of three days at the least, or a week at the most, 

 during which the accused shall be obliged to deposit at the 

 registrar's office the proofs of the falsity, and the names, titles, 

 and residences of the witnesses he wishes to have summoned. 



After the expiration of this period, and without a new sum- 

 mons being necessary, the tribunal shall accept the proofs of 

 the falsity, if they are of a nature to destroy the effect of the 

 report, and they shall proceed on that assumption, in accordance 

 with the law. 



In the opposite case, or if the accused fails to comply with 

 all the formalities described above, the tribunal shall declare 

 that the proofs of falsity cannot be accepted, and shall order 

 that sentence be pronounced. 



Art. 158. The accused, against whom judgment has been 

 given by default, shall be allowed to make his affidavit as to 

 falsity during the period of time permitted him by the law, 

 when he must appear personally at the hearing of the contest 

 he has made. 



Art. 159. When a report has been drawn up accusing several 

 persons and when one or more of them shall plead "not guilty," 

 the report shall still be held valid as proof against the others, 

 unless the fact which the former declare false applies in like 

 manner to the other persons accused. 



Art. 151. The Waters and Forests Service employees can, 

 in actions and prosecutions undertaken in the name of the 

 Service, issue all necessary summonings, and judicial notices 

 of writs, without formal subpoenas. The summons must con- 

 tain a copy of the official report, under penalty of becoming 

 null and void. 



The remuneration due employees for these summonings (in 

 the case of their being removed from office) shall be calculated 

 according to the tariff appUcable to the writs of sheriffs' officers 

 or bailiffs, by orders of the justice of the peace. 



