Section 26: Confession validity despite secrecy or deception
26.Confession otherwise relevant not to become irrelevant because of promise of secrecy, etc.
If such 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 accused person for the purpose of obtaining it, or when he or she was drunk, or because it was made in answer to questions which he or she need not have answered, whatever may have been the form of those questions, or because he or she was not warned that he or she was not bound to make the confession, and that evidence of it might be given against him or her.
Plain English Summary
A confession that is otherwise relevant to a case does not become invalid simply because it was made under a promise of secrecy. It also remains valid...
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