Section 4Part 2 — Procedure in general
Impeaching credit of a witness
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A party producing a witness shall not be allowed to impeach the witness's credit by general evidence of bad character, but the party may, in case the witness, in the opinion of the court, proves adverse, contradict the witness by other evidence, or by leave of the court, prove that the witness has made at other times a statement inconsistent with such witness's present testimony; but before such last-mentioned proof can be given, the circumstances of the supposed statement, sufficient to designate the particular occasion, must be mentioned to the witness, and the witness must be asked whether or not the witness made such statement.
If a witness, upon cross-examination as to a former statement made by the witness relative to the subject matter of the case, and inconsistent with the witness's present testimony, does not distinctly admit that the witness has made such a statement, proof may be given that the witness did make it; but before such proof can be given, the circumstances of the supposed statement sufficient to designate the particular occasion, must be mentioned to the witness, and the witness must be asked whether or not the witness made such a statement.
A witness may be cross-examined as to recorded statements previously made by the witness relative to the subject matter of the cause, without such statement or a copy thereof being produced to the witness; but if it is intended to contradict such witness by such statement or a copy thereof, the witness's attention must, before such contradictory proof can be given, be called to those parts of the statement or copy thereof which are to be used for the purpose of so contradicting the witness but the court, at any time during the trial, may require the production of the statement or copy thereof for its inspection and it may thereupon make such use of it for the purpose of the trial as it shall think fit.