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Criminal Procedure Act 1986
31Abolition of accused person’s right to make unsworn statement or to give unsworn evidence
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#### 31 Abolition of accused person’s right to make unsworn statement or to give unsworn evidence
31 Abolition of accused person’s right to make unsworn statement or to give unsworn evidence
> Any rule of law, procedure or practice that permits a person who is charged with the commission of a criminal offence to make an unsworn statement or to give unsworn evidence in answer to the charge is abolished.
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> **s 31 (previously s 95):** Renumbered 2001 No 119, Sch 1 \[33\].