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2023 California Code
Evidence Code - EVID
DIVISION 6 - WITNESSES
CHAPTER 1 - Competency
Section 701.
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CA Ev Code § 701 (2023)
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701. (a) A person is disqualified to be a witness if he or she is:
(1) Incapable of expressing himself or herself concerning the matter so as to be understood, either directly or through interpretation by one who can understand him; or
(2) Incapable of understanding the duty of a witness to tell the truth.
(b) In any proceeding held outside the presence of a jury, the court may reserve challenges to the competency of a witness until the conclusion of the direct examination of that witness.
(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 884, Sec. 2.)
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