Bare ActsThe INDIAN EVIDENCE ACT 1872

Section 138

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Witnesses shall be first exanlincdkin-chief, then (if the adverse party so desires) cross-examined, then (if the party calling llim so desires) re~exaI~lined. 1']w (j} 1872.J Evidenoe. 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. The re-exrlIr.dnation shall be directed to the expla- nation 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-examineupon that matter. '

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