Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Indecent or scandalous questions
The court may forbid any questions or inquiries which it regards as indecent or scandalous, although such questions or inquiries m…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Necessity for grounds before attacking character
No such question as is referred to in section 157 of this Act ought to be asked unless the person asking it has reasonable grounds…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Discretion of court to compel witness to answer question as to credit
(1) If any question asked relates to a matter not relevant to the suit or proceeding except in so far as it affects the credit of…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Cross-examination of accused person
A person charged with an offence and called as a witness for the defence may be asked any question in cross-examination notwithsta…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Compulsion to answer questions as to credit
If any question asked under paragraph (c) of subsection 154 of this Act for the purpose of affecting the credit of the witness rel…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Cross-examination as to credibility
When a witness is cross-examined he may, in addition to the questions hereinbefore referred to, be asked any questions which tend—…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Cross-examination as to previous written statements
A witness may be cross-examined as to previous statements made by him in writing or reduced into writing, and relevant to matters…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Examination as to whether certain formal matters are contained in writing
Any witness may be asked, whilst under examination, whether any contract or grant or other disposition of property as to which he…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Leading questions in cross-examination
Leading questions may be asked in cross-examination.
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Leading questions in examination-in-chief and re-examination
(1) Leading questions must not, if objected to by the adverse party, be asked in an examination-in-chief or in a re-examination, e…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Meaning of leading question
Any question suggesting the answer which the person putting it wishes or expects to receive, or suggesting a disputed fact as to w…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Witness to character
A witness to character may be cross-examined and re-examined.
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Person called to produce a document
A person called to produce a document does not become a witness by the mere fact that he produces it, and cannot be cross-examined…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Order and direction of examinations
(1) Witnesses shall first be examined-in-chief, then, if the adverse party so desires, cross-examined, then, if the party calling…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Type of examination of witnesses
(1) The examination of a witness by the party who calls him shall be called his examination-in-chief. (2) The examination of a wit…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Court to decide as to the admissibility of evidence
(1) When either party proposes to give evidence of any fact, the court may ask the party proposing to give the evidence in what ma…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Number of witnesses
No particular number of witnesses shall, in the absence of any provision of law to the contrary, be required for the proof of any…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Privileges to exclude oral evidence of documents
No person who is entitled to refuse to produce a document shall be compelled to give oral evidence of its contents.
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Accomplices
An accomplice shall be a competent witness against an accused person; and a conviction shall not be illegal merely because it proc…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Bankers’ books
(1) A bank, or officer of a bank, shall not, in any legal proceedings to which the bank is not a party, be compelled to produce an…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Privileged document in possession of another
No one shall be compelled to produce documents in his possession, which any other person would be entitled to refuse to produce if…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Title deeds and incriminating documents in hands of third party
No witness who is not a party to the suit shall be compelled to produce his title deeds to any property, or any document in virtue…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Communications with an advocate
No one shall be compelled to disclose to the court any confidential communication which has taken place between him and his advoca…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Waiving of privilege of advocates, etc.
(1) If any party to a suit or proceeding gives evidence therein at his own instance or otherwise, he shall not be deemed to have c…
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