The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023

CHAPTER X OF EXAMINATION OF WITNESSES

Section 144: Cross examination of person called to produce a document.

(1) 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.

(2) The examination-in-chief 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-inchief.

(3) 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.

About The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023

An Act to consolidate and to provide for general rules and principles of evidence for fair trial.