PART II

Summary Procedure

Trial Procedure

Spouse as witness in certain cases
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1
The spouse of a person charged with—
a
bigamy,
b
any offence mentioned in Schedule 1 to this Act, or
c
any offence under any enactment mentioned in Schedule 4 to this Act,
may be called as a witness either for the prosecution or for the defence without the consent of the person charged.
2
Nothing in this section or in section 141 or section 346 of this Act shall affect a case where the spouse of a person charged with an offence may at common law be called as a witness without the consent of that person.