Cap. 9 чл. 636No objection to competency of witness on ground of previous conviction, etc.

No objection to the competence of any witness shall be admitted on the ground -

(a) that from his own confession or otherwise it appears that he has been guilty of an offence or that he has been in any manner convicted, sentenced, censured or punished by any court or other authority; or

(b) that he was charged with the same offence in respect of which his deposition is required, when impunity was promised or granted to him by the Government for the purpose of such deposition; or

(c) that he is interested either in the issue in regard to which his deposition is required or in the event of the suit; or

(d) that, in the case of a witness who has been admitted to benefit under a witness protection programme set up in terms of Title IV of Part III of the Police Act, the witness was either charged with the same offence in respect of which his deposition is required or that he is liable to be prosecuted in the future in respect of the said offence or of a related offence.