Section 92. Order of examinations and direction of re-examination. (SYARIAH COURT EVIDENCE (STATE OF MALACCA) ENACTMENT 2002

ENACTMENT NO. 08 OF 2002
SYARIAH COURT EVIDENCE (STATE OF MALACCA) ENACTMENT 2002

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

Section 92. Order of examinations and direction of re-examination.

(1) Witnesses shall be first examined-in-chief, then, if the adverse party so desires, cross-examined then, if the party calling them so desires, re-examined.

(2) The examination and cross-examination must relate to relevant facts, but the cross-examination need not be confined to the facts to which the witness testified on his examination-in-chief.

(3) The re-examination shall be directed to the explanation of matters referred to in cross-examination; and if new matter is, by permission of the Court, introduced in re-examination, the adverse party may further crossexamine upon that matter.

(4) The Court may in all cases permit a witness to be recalled either for further examination-in-chief or for further cross-examination, and if it does so, the parties have the right of further cross-examination and reexamination respectively.