IEA Section 155 — Impeaching credit of witness

Chapter 10

Civil

Summary

A witness’s trustworthiness can be challenged in court. The opposing side can do this, or even the side that called the witness, if the judge agrees. This can be done in three ways: by having other people testify that they know the witness and believe he or she is not believable; by showing that the witness was bribed or offered a bribe or given some other corrupt reason to testify; or by showing that the witness previously made statements that go against part of his or her current testimony that can be challenged.

Official Text

The credit of a witness may be impeached in the following ways by the adverse party, or with the consent of the Court, by the party who calls him—

By the evidence of persons who testify that they, from their knowledge of the witness believe him to be unworthy of credit;
By proof that the witness has been bribed, or has accepted the offer of a bribe, or has received any other corrupt inducement to give his evidence;
By proof of former statements inconsistent with any part of his evidence which is liable to be contradicted;

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