The first question is whether the alleged witness is bound to provide information and whether the police are obliged to observe procedural safeguards in accordance with the Article. Secondly, the weight given to information collected and its significance in the initiation of criminal proceedings and at trial must also be considered. This issue is best reflected in modalities of recording facts and circumstances found by the police after taking statements from the alleged witness, in the exclusion of certain materials from court records, and in a court examination of police officers as hearsay witnesses about the subject and circumstances on which statements were collected. Provisions of the current procedural legislation as well as envisaged changes in legislation must be considered. 33 references