Section 47, The Legal Practitioners Act, 2000 THE LEGAL PRACTITIONERS (C ODE OF C ONDUCT) R ULES , 2010

(1) In cross-examination which goes to a matter in issue,a legal practitioner may put questions suggesting fraud, misconduct or the commission of a crime if he is satisfied that the matters suggested are part of his client’s case and he has no reason to believe that they are only put forward for the purpose of impugning the witness’s character. (2) A legal practitioner shall not put questions which affect the credibility of a witness by attacking his character but which are otherwise not relevant to the actual inquiry, unless there are reasonable grounds to support the imputation conveyed by the questions.