Criminal Procedure Code · Updated to 1 May 2023 · Chapter XIII
112. Examination of witnesses by police
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An investigating police officer may question anyone thought to know the facts and must write down their statement. The person must answer, unless an answer could expose them to a criminal charge, penalty or forfeiture. They must tell the truth and be told these duties first. Where possible, the statement is read back in their language and signed or thumbprinted.
Summary · Drafted with AI, checked against the official text on 30 Sep 2026.
A police officer making a police investigation under this
Chapter may examine orally any person supposed to be acquainted with the facts and circumstances of the case and shall reduce into writing any statement made by the person so examined.
Such person shall be bound to answer all questions relating to the case put to him by that officer:
Provided that such person may refuse to answer any question the answer to which would have a tendency to expose him to a criminal charge or penalty or forfeiture.
A person making a statement under this section shall be legally bound to state the truth, whether or not such statement is made wholly or partly in answer to questions.
A police officer examining a person under subsection (1) shall first inform that person of the provisions of subsections (2) and (3).
A statement made by any person under this section shall, whenever possible, be taken down in writing and signed by the person making it or affixed with his thumbprint as the case may be, after it has been read to him in the language in which he made it and after he has been given an opportunity to make any corrections he may wish.
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