Malaysia legislation
Section 45
Section 45
(2)
The statement referred to in subsection (1)—
(a)
shall not be admissible or used under that subsection—
(i)
if the making of the statement appears to the court to have been caused by any inducement, threat or promise having reference to the charge proceeding from a person in authority and sufficient in the opinion of the court to give the person charged grounds which would appear to him reasonable for supposing that by making it he would gain any advantage or avoid any evil of a temporal nature in reference to the proceeding against him; or
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(ii)
in the case of a statement made by the person after his arrest, unless the court is satisfied that a caution was administered to him in the following words or words to the like effect:
“It is my duty to warn you that you are not obliged to say anything or to answer any question, but anything you say, whether in answer to a question or not, may be given in evidence.”;
and
(b)
if made by any person before there is time to caution him, shall not be rendered inadmissible in evidence merely by reason of no such caution having been administered if it has been administered as soon as possible.
(3)
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any written law, a person in respect of whom subsection (1) applies shall not be bound to answer any question relating to the case after a caution under subsection (2) has been administered to him.
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