Criminal Code (Cap. 9)
Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 638
638. (1) In general, care must be taken to produce the fullest
and most satisfactory proof available, and not to omit the
production of any important witness.
Single witness
sufficient.
(2) Nevertheless, in all cases, th e testimony of one witness if
believed by those who have to judge of the fact shall be suffic ient
to constitute proof thereof, in as full and ample a manner as i f the
fact had been proved by two or more witnesses.
When a single
witness is not
sufficient.
Amended by:
XXIV .1946.2;
IX.1950.2;
XXII.1988.20;
XVI.2006.21.
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