Criminal Procedure Code · 2021 Revised Edition · Chapter XIII
119. Power to record statements and confessions
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Any Magistrate may record any statement or confession made to him at any time before the commencement of the inquiry or trial.
Magistrate
"Magistrate" means a Magistrate appointed by His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan under the Subordinate Courts Act or under any written law;
Such statement or confession shall be recorded in full in writing by the Magistrate to whom it is made and shall then be forwarded to the Magistrate, if different, before whom the case is to be inquired into or tried.
No Magistrate shall record any such statement or confession unless upon questioning the person making it he has reason to believe that it
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I believe that this confession was voluntarily made. It was taken in my presence and hearing and was read over to the person making it and admitted by him to be correct and it contains a full and true account of what he said.
(Signed) A, B.
Magistrate
The taking and recording of any statement or confession shall not disqualify a Magistrate who has so taken and recorded the statement or confession from inquiring into or trying the case.
No oath or afirmation shall be administered to any person making a statement or confession as in this section provided.
Terms defined in s 2
inquiry
Defined · s 2"inquiry" includes every inquiry conducted under this Code before a Magistrate;
Magistrate
Defined · s 2"Magistrate" means a Magistrate appointed by His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan under the Subordinate Courts Act or under any written law;
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