Section 31: Examination or re-examination of witness — Small Claims and Minor Offences Courts Ordinance, 2002

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31. Examination or re-examination of witness.—(1) The Court may, at any stage of the proceedings and under exceptional circumstances, call a witness for examination or re -examine a witness already examined, if so required for the ends of justice. (2) The Court may refuse to summon a witness or enforce the summons already issued against the witness when in the opinion of the Court, the attendance of the witness cannot be procured without such delay, expense or inconvenience as in the circumstances would be unreasonable, or such application is moved in bad faith to protract the proceedings or to fill up any lacuna in the case of either party.

Effective date: 2002-01-01

Related sections

Section 30: Matters to which affidavits shall be confined Section 32: Conclusion of trial Section 29: Power to order attendance of deponent for cross-examination Section 33: Costs Section 28: Power to order any point to be proved by affidavit Section 34: Procedure in criminal trial

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