P 64-
[Subsidiary]
Affixing of notices. In force, G.N.A, 61/51.
Discontinued by N 43/69
Admission of statements in evidence. L.N. 111/67.
CAP. 241] Emergency (Principal) Regulations.
[1967 Ed.
(2) Without prejudice to any special provisions contained in these regulations, a notice to be served on any person for the purposes of any of these regulations may be served by leaving it at, or by sending it by post in a letter addressed to that person at, his last or usual place of abode or place of business.
86. Any authorized officer may, for the purpose of these regulations, affix any notice to, or cause any notice to be displayed on, any premises, vehicle or vessel, and may, for the purpose of exercising any power conferred by this regulation, enter any premises at any time; and where any authorized officer affixes a notice, or causes a notice to be displayed, in pursuance of this regulation, no person other than an authorized officer shall remove, alter, deface or obliterate the notice.
87. (1) When any person is charged with any offence against these regulations or against any other regulation made under the Ordinance, any statement, whether such statement amounts to a confession or not or is oral or in writing, made at any time, whether before or after such person is charged and whether in the course of a police investigation or not and whether or not wholly or partly in answer to questions, by such person to or in the hearing of any police officer of or above the rank of inspector shall, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any law applicable to the Colony, be admissible at his trial in evidence and, if such person tenders himself as a witness, any such statement may be used in cross-examination and for the purpose of impeaching his credit:
Provided that no such statement shall be admissible or used as aforesaid-
(a) 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 against such person, proceeding from a person in authority and sufficient in the opinion of the Court to give such person 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
(b) in the case of a statement made by such person after his arrest, unless the Court is satisfied that, before making such statement, 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 at your trial".
(2) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any law applicable to the Colony a person accused of an offence to which paragraph (1) applies shall not be bound to answer any
P 64-
[Subsidiary]
Affixing of notices. In force, G.N.A, 61ĮSI.
Discontinued by N 43/69
Admission of statements in evidence. L.N. 111/67.
CAP. 241] Emergency (Principal) Regulations.
[1967 Ed.
(2) Without prejudice to any special provisions contained in these regulations, a notice to be served on any person for the purposes of any of these regulations may be served by leaving it at, or by sending it by post in a letter addressed to that person at, his last or usual place of abode or place of business.
86. Any authorized officer may, for the purpose of these regulations, affix any notice to, or cause any notice to be displayed on, any premises, vehicle or vessel, and may, for the purpose of exercising any power conferred by this regulation, enter any premises
at any time; and where any authorized officer affixes a notice, or
causes a notice to be displayed, in pursuance of this regulation, no person other than an authorized officer shall remove, alter, deface or obliterate the notice.
87. (1) When any person is charged with any offence against these regulations or against any other regulation made under the Ordinance, any statement, whether such statement amounts to a confession or not or is oral or in writing, made at any time, whether before or after such person is charged and whether in the course of a police investigation or not and whether or not wholly or partly in answer to questions, by such person to or in the hearing of any police officer of or above the rank of inspector shall, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any law applicable to the Colony, be admissible at his trial in evidence and, if such person tenders himself as a witness, any such statement may be used in cross-examination and for the purpose of impeaching his credit:
Provided that no such statement shall be admissible or used as aforesaid-
(a) 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 against such person, pro- ceeding from a person in authority and sufficient in the opinion of the Court to give such person 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
(b) in the case of a statement made by such person after his arrest, unless the Court is satisfied that, before making such statement, 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 any- thing or to answer any question, but anything you say, whether in answer to a question or not, may be given in evidence at your trial".
(2) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any law applicable to the Colony a person accused of an offence to which paragraph (1) applies shall not be bound to answer any
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