A personF4charged in criminal proceedings shall not be called as a witnessF5in the proceedings except upon his own application;

F6 Subject to Article 6 of the Criminal Justice (Evidence) (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 (admissibility of defendant’s bad character), a person chargedF7in criminal proceedings who is called as a witness in the proceedings may be asked any question in cross-examination notwithstanding that it would tend to criminate him as toF8any offence with which he is charged in the proceedings:

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Every personF10charged in criminal proceedings who is called as a witness in the proceedings shall, unless otherwise ordered by the court, give his evidence from the witness box or other place from which the other witnesses give their evidence: