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CRIMINAL EVIDENCE ACT - SECT 4

Calling of wife or husband in certain cases.

4.(1) The wife or husband of a person charged with an offence under any
enactment mentioned in the First Schedule to this Act may be called as a
witness either for the prosecution or defence and without the consent of the
person charged.

(2) Nothing in this Act shall affect a case where the wife or husband of a
person charged with an offence may at common law be called as a witness
without the consent of that person.

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