Chapter VIII - RECIPROCAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR ASSISTANCE IN CERTAIN MATTERS AND PROCEDURE FOR ATTACHMENT AND FORFEITURE OF PROPERTY (From Section 111 to Section 124)
Statements to police restricted in trial use, but parts may be used to contradict a prosecution witness with court oversight. The provision bars use at inquiry or trial of written statements or police records made to an investigating officer, except that an accused may, if a written statement is duly proved, use parts of it to contradict a prosecution witness and, with the court's permission, the prosecution may do likewise; parts used for contradiction may be used in re-examination only to explain matters raised in cross-examination.
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Statements to police restricted in trial use, but parts may be used to contradict a prosecution witness with court oversight.
The provision bars use at inquiry or trial of written statements or police records made to an investigating officer, except that an accused may, if a written statement is duly proved, use parts of it to contradict a prosecution witness and, with the court's permission, the prosecution may do likewise; parts used for contradiction may be used in re-examination only to explain matters raised in cross-examination.
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