Prevention of Corruption Act · 2019 Revised Edition · Part · Evidence
29. Examination of offenders
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Whenever two or more persons are charged with an offence under this Act or with any prescribed offence, the court may at the request in writing of the Public Prosecutor require one or more of them to give evidence as a witness or witnesses for the prosecution.
prescribed offence
“prescribed offence” means an offence punishable under section 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 213, 214 or 215 of the Penal Code or section 145 of the Customs Order, 2006 and includes — (a) an attempt to commit any such offence; (b) an abetment of or a criminal conspiracy to commit (as those terms are defined in the Penal Code) any such offence, whether or not the offence is committed in consequence thereof;
Any person referred to in subsection (1) who refuses to be sworn or to answer any lawful question shall be dealt with in the same manner as witnesses so refusing may by law be dealt with by the court.
Every person required to give evidence under subsection (1), who in the opinion of the court makes true and full discovery of all things as to which he is lawfully examined, shall be entitled to receive a certificate of indemnity under the hand of the Judge or Magistrate, as the case may be, stating that he has made a true and full discovery of all things as to which he was examined, and such certificate shall be a bar to all legal proceedings against him in respect of all such things as aforesaid.
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Terms defined in s 2
prescribed offence
Defined · s 2“prescribed offence” means an offence punishable under section 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 213, 214 or 215 of the Penal Code or section 145 of the Customs Order, 2006 and includes — (a) an attempt to commit any such offence; (b) an abetment of or a criminal conspiracy to commit (as those terms are defined in the Penal Code) any such offence, whether or not the offence is committed in consequence thereof;
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