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Section 137: The correct order for questioning witnesses in court

137.Order of examinations

(1)A witness shall be first examined-in-chief, then (if the adverse party so desires) cross-examined, then (if the party calling him or her 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 or her examination-in-chief.

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

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When you give evidence in court, you will first be questioned by the lawyer who called you (examination-in-chief). Then the other side's lawyer can cr...

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