Witnesses disqualified by reason of mental incapacity, immaturity
Section 21. — The following persons CANNOT be witnesses:
[a] Those whose mental condition, at the time of their production for examination, is such that they are incapable of intelligently making known their perception to others;
[b] Children whose mental maturity is such as to render them incapable of perceiving the facts respecting which they are examined and of relating them truthfully. (19a)
[a] Those whose mental condition, at the time of their production for examination, is such that they are incapable of intelligently making known their perception to others;
[b] Children whose mental maturity is such as to render them incapable of perceiving the facts respecting which they are examined and of relating them truthfully. (19a)
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