{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-evidence-act-1898/section-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-evidence-act-1898/section-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/61-62/36",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Evidence Act 1898",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-evidence-act-1898",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Calling of wife or husband in certain cases.",
  "text": "(1) The wife or husband of a person charged with an offence under any enactment mentioned in the schedule to this Act may be called as a witness either for the prosecution or defence and without the consent of the person charged.\n(2) Nothing in this Act shall affect a case where the wife or husband of a person charged with an offence may at common law be called as a witness without the consent of that person.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 4 repealed (E.W.) by Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60, SIF 95), s. 119, Sch. 7 Pt. V"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/61-62/36/section/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:27:29.318598+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}