Section 108. Impeaching credits of witness (SYARIAH COURTS EVIDENCE ENACTMENT 2004

ENACTMENT NO. 11 OF 2004
SYARIAH COURTS EVIDENCE ENACTMENT 2004

PART III - PRODUCTION AND EFFECT OF EVIDENCE
CHAPTER 3 - EXAMINATION OF WITNESSES

Section 108. Impeaching credits of witness

The credit of a witness may be impeached in the following ways by the adverse party or, with the consent of the Court, by the party who calls him –

(a)

by the evidence of persons who testify that they from their knowledge of the witness believe him to be unworthy of credit;

(b)

by proof that the witness has been bribed, or has accepted the offer of a bribe, or has received any other corrupt inducement to give his evidence;

(c)

by proof of former statements inconsistent with any part of his evidence which is liable to be contradicted.

Explanation - A witness declaring another witness to be unworthy of credit may not, upon his examination-in-chief, give reasons for his belief, but he may be asked his reasons in cross-examination, and the answers which he gives shall not be contradicted though, if they are false, he may afterwards be charged with giving false evidence.