Article 16: Accomplice.— An accomplice shall be a competent witness against an accused person,
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Accomplice.— An accomplice shall be a competent witness against an accused person, except in the case of an offence punishable with hadd; and a conviction is not illegal merely because it proceeds upon the uncorroborated testimony of an accomplice.
Effective date: 1984-10-28
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