Rex v Singh
Rex v Singh (Criminal Appeal No. 481 of 1946) [1947] EACA 76 (1 January 1947)
The conviction for perjury was set aside because the record of the appellant's evidence in the civil suit, which formed the basis of the perjury charge, was not recorded in accordance with Order XVI, rule 6, of the Civil Procedure Rules. The rule requires that when evidence is taken down in a language different from that in which it is given, and the witness does not understand the language in which it is taken down, the evidence must be interpreted back to the witness. There was no waiver of this requirement, and the interpreter's testimony, which relied on the inadmissible record, could not…
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- Perjury
- Admissibility Of Evidence
- Interpreted Testimony
- Procedural Compliance
- Waiver Of Procedural Rules