Criminal Law (Detention and Interrogation) Act 1995
9Right to remain silent, &c., not affected
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9 Right to remain silent, &c., not affected
Nothing in sections 4 , 5 and 6 affects –
(a) the right of a person suspected of having committed an offence to refuse to answer questions or to participate in investigations except where required to do so by or under an Act or a Commonwealth Act; or
(b) the onus on the prosecution to establish the voluntariness of an admission or confession made by a person suspected of having committed an offence; or
(c) the discretion of a court to exclude unfairly obtained evidence; or
(d) the discretion of a court to exclude illegally or improperly obtained evidence.