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8. Amendment of section 10
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Section 10 of the principal enactment as amended by
Act No. 40 of 1958, Act No. 2 of 1965, Law No. 38 of 1974 and
Law No. 11 of 1976 is hereby further amended in subsection principal enaciment.
(3)
of that section by the substitution for paragraph (b)
thereof, of the following new paragraph :—
“ (b) to have such witness at the conclusion of such trial tried before such court upon a charge, or if such court is the High Court, arraigned and tried on an indictment which shall be prepared and signed by the Registrar of such High Court, for intentionally giving false evidence in a stage of a judicial proceeding. ”.