The president, the trial judge advocate, or with the permission of the president, any member of the court may address a question to a witness while such witness is giving his original evidence and before he withdraws.
181. Recalling of witness and calling of witness in reply: (1) Without prejudice to the provisions of section 137, the trial judge advocate, if he considers it expedient in the interest of justice, so to do, allow a witness to be called or recalled by the prosecutor, before the closing address of or on behalf of the accused, for the purpose of rebutting any material statement made by a witness for the defence or for the purpose of giving evidence on any new matter which the prosecutor could not reasonably have foreseen.
(2) Where the accused has called witnesses to character, the prosecutor before the closing address of or on behalf of the accused, may call or recall witnesses for the purpose of proving a previous conviction or entries in the defaulter’s book against the accused.