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Evidence Act 1893 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Production and Effect of Evidence
144. When they must not be asked
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Leading questions must not, if objected to by the adverse party, be asked in an examination-in-chief or in a re‑examination, except with the permission of the court.
court
Defined · s 3
“court” includes all Judges and Magistrates and, except arbitrators, all persons legally authorised to take evidence;
(2)
The court shall permit leading questions as to matters which are introductory or undisputed, or which have in its opinion been already sufficiently proved.