Criminal Procedure Code · English · 2015

Article 130

Opening of Case and Calling of Witnesses for Prosecution

(1)

After the plea of the accused has been recorded, the prosecutor shall explain briefly, and in an impartial manner, the charges he proposes to prove and the nature of the evidence he will present.

(2)

The prosecutor shall then call his witnesses, who shall be sworn or affirmed before they give testimony.

(3)

They shall be examined by the prosecutor, cross-examined by the accused or his counsel and may be re-examined by the prosecutor.

(4)

The Court may put to a witness any question that appears necessary for the determination of the case.