Section 163: No inducement to be offered
The Code of Criminal Procedure · Code of Criminal Procedure · Chapter XIV · in_force
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(1) No police officer or other person in authority shall offer or make, or cause to be offered or made, any such inducement, threat or promise as is mentioned in the Evidence Act, 1872 (I of 1872), section 24. (2) But no police officer or other person shall prevent, by any caution or otherwise, any person from making in the course of any investigation under this Chapter any statement which he may be disposed to make of his own free will.
Effective date: 1898-07-01
Related sections
Section 162: Statements to police not to be signed; use of such statements in evidenceSection 164: Power to record statements and confessionsSection 161A: Legal representation of victim of rape, etcSection 164A: Medical examination of victim of rape, etcSection 161: Examination of witnesses by policeSection 164B: DNA test
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