Indian Evidence Act : CONFESSION BY ACCUSED WHILE IN CUSTODY OF POLICE NOT TO BE PROVED AGAINST HIM Indian

Indian Evidence Act,1872

Act No : 1

Section : CONFESSION BY ACCUSED WHILE IN CUSTODY OF POLICE NOT TO BE PROVED AGAINST HIM

SECTION 26: CONFESSION BY ACCUSED WHILE IN CUSTODY OF POLICE NOT TO BE PROVED AGAINST HIM
No confession made by any person whilst he is in the custody of a police officer, unless it be made in the immediate presence of a Magistrate,17 shall be proved as against such person.

18[Explanation- In this section "Magistrate" does not include the head of a village discharging magisterial functions in the Presidency of Fort St. George 19[***] or else where, unless such headman is a Magistrate exercising the power of a Magistrate under the Code of Criminal Procedure, 188220 (10 of 1882).