Section 96. Order of examinations and direction of re-examination. (EVIDENCE (SYARIAH COURT) ENACTMENT 1994

ENACTMENT NO 3 OF 1994
EVIDENCE (SYARIAH COURT) ENACTMENT 1994

PART III - PRODUCTION AND EFFECT OF EVIDENCE
CHAPTER VII - WITNESSES

Section 96. Order of examinations and direction of re-examination.

(1) Witnesses shall be first examined-in-chief,then if the adverse party so desir,es, 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 cross-examine 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 re-examination respectively.