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Section 23 - The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
23. Confession to police officer.
(1) No confession made to a police officer shall be proved as against a person accused of any offence.
(2) No confession made by any person while he is in the custody of a police officer, unless it is made in the immediate presence of a Magistrate shall be proved against him:
Provided that when any fact is deposed to as discovered in consequence of information received from a person accused of any offence, in the custody of a police officer, so much of such information, whether it amounts to a confession or not, as relates distinctly to the fact discovered, may be proved.
Related Sections
- Section 58: Secondary Evidence
- Section 65: Proof of signature and handwriting of person alleged to have signed or written document produced
- Section 40: Facts bearing upon opinions of experts
- Section 16: Admission by party to proceeding or his agent
- Section 87: Presumption as to Electronic Signature Certificates
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- Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Act, 2019
- Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019
- Telecommunications Act, 2023
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (Prevention and Control) Act, 2017
- Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act, 2015
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