Section 235 Nigerian Evidence Act 2011
Section 235 Evidence Act 2011
Section 235 Evidence Act 2011 is titled ‘Evidence of witness impeaching credit‘. It is under Part XII (TAKING OF ORAL EVIDENCE AND EXAMINATION OF WITNESSES) of the Act. It states as follows:
A witness declaring another witness to be unworthy of credit may not, upon his examination-in-chief give reasons for his belief but he may be asked his reasons in cross-examination, and the answers which he gives cannot be contradicted, though, if they are false, he may afterwards be charged with an offence under section 191 of the Criminal Code and on conviction, shall be dealt with accordingly.