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46 Leave to recall witnesses
(1) The court may give leave to a party to recall a witness to give
evidence about a matter raised by evidence presented by another
party, and on which the witness was not cross-examined, if the
evidence has been admitted and—
(a) it contradicts evidence about the matter given by the witness in
examination-in-chief; or
(b) the witness could have given evidence about the matter in
examination-in-chief.
(2) A reference in this section to a matter raised by evidence presented
by another party includes a reference to an inference drawn from, or
that the party intends to draw from, the evidence.
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