PART 6MISCELLANEOUS
CHAPTER 4STATEMENTS AND PROCEDURE
Statements by accused
I1109Statements by accused
1
After section 261 of the 1995 Act there is inserted—
261ZAStatements by accused
1
Evidence of a statement to which this subsection applies is not inadmissible as evidence of any fact contained in the statement on account of the evidence's being hearsay.
2
Subsection (1) applies to a statement made by the accused in the course of the accused's being questioned (whether as a suspect or not) by a constable, or another official, investigating an offence.
3
Subsection (1) does not affect the issue of whether evidence of a statement made by one accused is admissible as evidence in relation to another accused.
2
The title of section 261 of the 1995 Act becomes “
Statements by co-accused
”
.