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Administration of Justice Law (No. 44 of 1973) - Sect 214

Witnesses in rebuttal and right of reply

214.
(1) The prosecutor may by leave of the Judge call witnesses in rebuttal.
(2) The prosecutor shall be entitled to reply on any evidence given by or on behalf of the accused.
(3) When the evidence for the defence consists only of the evidence of the accused or of documentary evidence, the prosecuting counsel shall not be entitled to reply.
(4) In this section, the expression "documentary evidence "includes a statement which is used in evidence to prove that a witness on a former occasion made a statement inconsistent with his present testimony.


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