# Criminal Evidence Act (Northern Ireland) 1923, Section 1: Competency of witnesses in criminal cases.

Extent: N.I.

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(1) A personcharged in criminal proceedings shall not be called as a witnessin the proceedings except upon his own application;
Provisos (b), (c), (d) rep. by 1989 NI 12
(2) Subject to Article 6 of the Criminal Justice (Evidence) (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 (admissibility of defendant’s bad character), a person chargedin criminal proceedings who is called as a witness in the proceedings may be asked any question in cross-examination notwithstanding that it would tend to criminate him as toany offence with which he is charged in the proceedings:
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(4) Every personcharged in criminal proceedings who is called as a witness in the proceedings shall, unless otherwise ordered by the court, give his evidence from the witness box or other place from which the other witnesses give their evidence:
Proviso (h) rep. by 1989 NI 12

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1923/9/section/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-evidence-act-northern-ireland-1923/section-1
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