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'Rights during investigation - remain silent' in document 'Malawi - Criminal procedure code'

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The relevant provisions of implementing legislation: [1]
The Relevant Provisions of the Rome Statute

RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

PART II
POWERS OF COURTS AND SPECIAL AREAS

20A. Information to be supplied on arrest

(6) Where the person is arrested, the police officer shall promptly inform him that he has the right to remain silent, and shall warn him of the consequences of making any statement, but any omission by the police officer to inform the arrested person of this right shall not render the arrest unlawful.

RELEVANT ROME STATUTE PROVISIONS

Article 55
Rights of persons during an investigation
2. Where there are grounds to believe that a person has committed a crime within the jurisdiction of the Court and that person is about to be questioned either by the Prosecutor, or by national authorities pursuant to a request made under Part 9, that person shall also have the following rights of which he or she shall be informed prior to being questioned:
(b) To remain silent, without such silence being a consideration in the determination of guilt or innocence