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| (1) The Attorney-General may, at any time before judgment is pronounced, with a view to obtaining at the trial the evidence of any person believed to have been directly or indirectly concerned in or privy to any offence, tender a pardon to such person on condition that he makes a full and true disclosure of the whole of the circumstances within his knowledge relating to such offence and to every other person concerned whether as principal or abettor in the commission thereof. |
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| (2) A person accepting a tender under this section shall be examined as a witness in the case, and may be detained in custody until the termination of the trail. |
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| (3) If such person, either by wilfully concealing anything essential or by giving false evidence, does not comply with the condition on which the pardon was tendered, he may be tried for the offence in respect of which the pardon was so tendered or for any other offence of which he appears to have been guilty in connection with the same matter, and the statement made by him may be given in evidence against him at such trial. |
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| (4) No prosecution for the offence of giving false evidence in respect of such statement shall be entertained without the sanction of the Attorney-General. |
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