--(1) A witness statement must-
----(a) give the name, address and occupation of the witness;
----(b) be dated;
----(c) be signed by the intended witness;
----(d) so far as reasonably practicable, be in the intended witness's own words;
----(e) sufficiently identify any document to which the statement refers without repeating its contents unless this is necessary in order to identify the document;
----(f) not include any matters of information or belief which are not admissible and, where admissible, must state the source of such information or belief of any matters of information or belief; and
----(g) include a statement by the intended witness that he believes the statements of fact in it to be true.
--(2) The court may order that any inadmissible, scandalous, irrelevant or otherwise oppressive matter be struck out of any witness statement.
Notes
Amended by Legal Notice 233 of 2005.
Amended by Legal Notice 140 of 2000.
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