Singapore

Criminal Procedure Code

PART XIV
EVIDENCE AND WITNESSES

Division 2 — Admissibility of certain types of evidence

Witness’s statement inadmissible except in certain circumstances
259. —(1) Any statement made by a person other than the accused in the course of any investigation by any law enforcement agency is inadmissible in evidence, except where the statement —

(a) is admitted under section 147 of the Evidence Act (Cap. 97);

(b) is used for the purpose of impeaching his credit in the manner provided in section 157 of the Evidence Act;

(c) is made admissible as evidence in any criminal proceeding by virtue of any other provisions in this Code or the Evidence Act or any other written law;

(d) is made in the course of an identification parade; or

(e) falls within section 32(1)(a) of the Evidence Act.

[4/2012]
(2) Where any person is charged with any offence in relation to the making or contents of any statement made by him to an officer of a law enforcement agency in the course of an investigation carried out by that officer, that statement may be used as evidence in the prosecution.

Keywords

Procedure for witness testimony - national proceedings



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