Section 186 Nigerian Evidence Act 2011
Section 186 Evidence Act 2011
Section 186 Evidence Act 2011 is titled ‘Evidence by spouse as to adultery‘. It is under Part XI (WITNESSES) of the Act. It states as follows:
The parties to any proceedings instituted in consequence of adultery and the husbands and wives of the parties shall be competent to give evidence in the proceedings, but no witness in any such proceedings whether a party to them or not, shall be liable to be asked or bound to answer any question tending to show that he or she has been guilty of adultery, unless he or she has already given evidence in the same proceeding in disproof of the alleged adultery.