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    Question

    Can a dumb person be a witness?

    A No. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Can be as per s. 19 of IEA. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Can be a hostile witness. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Can be a witness as per s.119 of IEA. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    As per Indian Evidence Act, 1872 S.119. Dumb witnesses A witness who is unable to speak may give his evidence in any other manner in which he can make it intelligible, as by writing or by signs; but such writing must be written and the signs made in open Court. Evidence so given shall be deemed to be oral evidence.

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