law: The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013 No, 13 of 2013
  Substitution of new section for section
  
  119.
  27. For section 119 of the Evidence Act,
  
  the following section shall be substituted, namely:-
  Witness unable 1.0 communicate verbally.
  "119. A witness who is unable to speak
  
  may give his evidence in any other manner in which he can make it intelligible,
  
  as by writing or by signs; but such writing must be written and the signs made
  
  in open Court, evidence so given shall be deemed to be oral evidence:
  Provided that if the witness is unable to
  
  communicate verbally, the Court shall take the assistance of an interpreter or
  
  a special educator in recording the statement, and such statement shall be
  
  video graphed.".