CONTRADICTIONS & OMISSIONS.
LAW AND BACKGROUND REGARDING CONTRADICTIONS & OMISSIONS Duncan Abeynayaka – LLB, Attorney At Law. CONTRADICTION – CLEAR DIFFERENCE/ DISPARITY/DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE EVIDENCE GIVEN AT THE COURT AND THE PREVIOUS STATEMENTS. OMISSION – A NEW FACT GIVEN AS A EVIDENCE IN A COURT, WHICH IS NOT IN PREVIOUS STATEMENTS. CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT NO 15 OF 1979 109 (1) Every information relating to the commission of an offence may be given orally or in writing to a police officer or inquirer. 109 (2) If such information is given orally to a police officer or to an inquirer, it shall be reduced to writing by him in the language in which it is given and be read over to the informant;… 110 (1) Examination of witnesses by police officer or inquirer. ...