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| (1) if in the course of a trial in any court a witness shall on any material point contradict either expressly or by necessary implication the evidence previously given by him before a court, it shall be lawful for the Judge, at the conclusion of such trial, to try such witness for intentionally giving false evidence in a stage of a judicial proceeding. In a trial before a High Court or a District Court the indictment shall be prepared and signed by the Registrar, and where the trial is by jury, the accused may be tried by the same jury. At such trial it shall be sufficient to prove that the accused made the contradictory statements alleged in the indictment, and it shall not be necessary to prove which of such statements is false. The Judge may adjourn the trial for such period as he may think fit, and may commit such witness to custody or take bail. |
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| (2) If any person giving evidence on any subject in open court in any judicial proceeding under this Law gives, in the opinion of the court before which the judicial proceeding is held, false evidence within the meaning of section 188 of the Penal Code, it shall be lawful for the court summarily to punish such witness as for a contempt of court. Whenever the power given by this section is exercised, the Judge shall record the reason for imposing such punishment. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts