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Act
Indian Evidence Act, 1872
Section number
138
Section reader
Indian Evidence Act, 1872
138. Order of examinations
Witnesses shall be first examined-in-chief, then (if the adverse party so desires) cross examined, then (if the party calling him so desires) re-examined.
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.
Direction of re-examination - 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.
