Examination-in-chief, cross-examination and re-examination

(1) A witness examined in court may be first examined in chief, then cross-examined, and then re-examined. Examination in chief, cross-ex- amination and (2) Where any witness has been examined in chief, or has been intentionally sworn, or has made an affirmation, the opposite party is entitled to cross-examine him, but the opposite party is not entitled to cross-examine merely because a witness has been called to produce a document on a subpoena duces tecum, or in order to be identified. (3) After the cross-examination is concluded, the party who called the witness has a right to re-examine him. (4) The judge may in any case, if he thinks fit, permit a witness to be recalled, either for further examination-in-chief or for further cross-examination and, if he does so, the parties have the right of further cross-examination and further re-examination respectively. (5) If a witness dies, or becomes incapable of being further examined, at any stage of his examination, the evidence given by him before he became incapable is good. (6) If, in the course of any hearing or trial, a witness who was supposed to be competent appears to be incompetent, his evidence may be withdrawn by order of the judge, and the cause or matter may be left for decision independently of it. (7) The judge may, of his own motion at any stage of the examination of a witness, put any questions to the witness he thinks fit in the interests of justice.