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(i) the holder of any other office or any other suitably qualified and experienced person declared
by the President by Notification published in the Gazette to be an officer or person to which this

section applies;

(j) a Forensic DNA analyst; “report” includes a post mortem report. 195

This list also includes officers of the Forensic Sciences Centre 196

Character Evidence (g) Good Character and (h) Bad Character

Anguilla

A person charged and called as a witness in pursuance of this act shall not be asked, and if asked,

shall not be required to answer, any question tending to show that he has committed, or been
convicted of, or charged with, any offence other than that wherewith he is then charged, or is of

bad character, unless:

(i) the proof that he has committed or been convicted of such other office is admissible

evidence to show that he is guilty of the offence with which he is then charged;
(ii) he has personally or by his advocate asked questions of the witnesses for the

prosecution with a view to establish his own good character, or has given evidence of

his good character or the nature or conduct of his defence is such as to involve
imputations on the character of the prosecutor of the witnesses for the prosecution, or

(iii) he has given evidence against any other person charged with the same offence. 197

Antigua and Barbuda

195 Trinidad and Tobago – Evidence Act Chap. 7:02, section 19(4)
196 Trinidad and Tobago – Legal notice 175 of 2007
197 Anguilla – Evidence Act Chap. E65, section 6(e)
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