Indian Evidence Act : WHO MAY TESTIFY Indian Bare Acts :

Indian Evidence Act,1872

Act No : 1

Section : WHO MAY TESTIFY

SECTION 118: WHO MAY TESTIFY
All persons shall be competent to testify unless the Court considers that they are prevented form understanding the question put to them, or from giving rational answers to those questions, by tender years, extreme old age, disease, whether of body or mind, or any other cause of the same kind.

Explanation – A lunatic is not incompetent to testify, unless he is prevented by his Lunacy from understanding the questions put to him and giving rational answers to them.