BSA23
BSA Section 23: Confession to police officer
Ch II · Relevancy of Facts
Gazette p.19
Verbatim · BSA23. Confession to police officer.—(1) No confession made to a police officer shall be proved as against a person accused of any offence.(2) No confession made by any person while he is in the custody of a police officer, unless it is made in the immediate presence of a Magistrate shall be proved against him: Provided that when any fact is deposed to as discovered in consequence of information received from a person accused of any offence, in the custody of a police officer, so much of such information, whether it amounts to a confession or not, as relates distinctly to the fact discovered, may be proved.
Corresponds (indicatively) to Evidence Act 25, 26, 27 of the repealed Indian Evidence Act, 1872. Evidence Act → BSA table
Cite as: Section 23, Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (Act No. 47 of 2023)