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26

Admissibility of confession made before police

Act: Anti-Terrorism Act 1997

Section Provisions

ANTITERRORISM, ACT, 1997 ANTI-TERRORISM ACT, 1997 26. Admissibility of confession made before police.‑ Notwithstanding anything contained in the Qanun‑e-Shahadat, 1984 (P.O. 10 of 1984), a confession made by a person accused of an offence punishable under section 7 or section 8 of this Act or an offence covered by sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph 2, or paragraph 3 of the schedule to this act, or robber, or dacoity with murder or rape before a police‑offer not below the Tank of a Deputy Superintendent of Police may be proved against such person. Provided that Special court may, for admission of the confession in evidence, require the police‑officer to produce a video tape together with tile crevices used for recording the confession.

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