118. Who may testify. -- All persons shall be competent to testify unles s the Court considers that they are prevented from understanding the questions put to them, or from giving rational answers to th ose questions, by tender years, extreme old age, diseas e, whether of body or mind, or any other cause of t he same kind. Explanation. -- A lunatic is not incompetent to testify, unless he is prevented by his lunacy from understanding the questions put to him and giving r ational answers to them.