Section 31 of the Evidence Act 2011 – What it Says and All You Need to Know.
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Section 31 of the Evidence Act 2011 Provides as Follows:
If a confession is otherwise relevant, it does not become irrelevant merely because it was made under a promise of secrecy, or in consequence of a deception practised on the defendant for the purpose of obtaining it or when he was drunk, or because it was made in answer to questions which he need not have answered, whatever may have been the form of these questions, or because he was not warned that he was not bound to make such statement and that evidence of it might be given.
Other Relevant Sections:
- Section 32 of the Evidence Act 2011
- Section 33 of the Evidence Act 2011
- Section 34 of the Evidence Act 2011