Order of production and examination of witnesses
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Summary
The order in which witnesses are called and examined follows the existing civil or criminal procedure rules for that type of case. If those procedural rules do not cover the situation, the court decides the sequence at its discretion.
Example
Priya prosecutes a shop theft in criminal court. Because criminal procedure requires the prosecution to call its witnesses first, Priya's witness is examined before the accused's. If no procedure applied to the situation, the judge would decide who goes first.
Bare Act
Enacted textThe order in which witnesses are produced and examined shall be regulated by the law and practice for the time being relating to civil and criminal procedure respectively, and, in the absence of any such law, by the discretion of the Court.
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