Examination of witnesses - national proceedings

Grenada

Grenada - Criminal Procedure Code 1897 (1993) EN

''TITLE VI Witnesses, 29. Mode of examination of witness''

Every witness shall be examined upon oath, but if any witness refuses or is unwilling from alleged conscientious motives to be sworn, it shall be lawful for the Court, upon being satisfied of the sincerity of his or her objection, to allow him or her to make a solemn affirmation, which shall have the same force and effect as if he or she had taken an oath in the usual form, and shall, if untrue, entail the same penalties as are provided against persons guilty of perjury.

BOOK II Procedure Relating to Summary Offences, PART III Hearing and Subsequent Proceedings, TITLE XIII Hearing and Order, 79. Procedure on appearance of both parties ''

(5)The Court shall then proceed to hear the complainant and such witnesses as he or she may examine, and such other evidence as he or she may adduce, in support of his or her complaint, and also to hear the defendant and such witnesses as he or she may examine, and such other evidence as he or she may adduce, in his or her defence, and also, if the Court thinks fit, to hear such witnesses as the complainant may examine in reply:
Provided that nothing herein contained shall render a defendant compellable to be a witness for or against himself or herself.

Rome Statute

Article 93 Other forms of cooperation

1. States Parties shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Part and under procedures of national law, comply with requests by the Court to provide the following assistance in relation to investigations or prosecutions:

(c) The questioning of any person being investigated or prosecuted;