(1) The court may disallow a question put to a witness in cross-examination or
inform a witness a question need not be answered, if the court considers the
question is an improper question.
(2) In deciding whether a question is an
improper question, the court must take into account—
(a) any mental,
intellectual or physical impairment the witness has or appears to have; and
(b) any other matter about the witness the court considers relevant,
including, for example, age, education, level of understanding, cultural
background or relationship to any party to the proceeding.
(3) Subsection (2)
does not limit the matters the court may take into account in deciding whether
a question is an improper question.
(4) In this section—
"improper question" means a question that uses inappropriate language or is
misleading, confusing, annoying, harassing, intimidating, offensive,
oppressive or repetitive.
