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Bribery Act (No. 2 of 1965) - Sect 12

What information to be furnished to the person charged. [ 11, 40 of 1958.] [ 7, 2 of 1965]

10.
(1) Where the Attorney-General indicts before a District Court any person for bribery, he shall cause to be furnished to that person-
(a) a concise statement of the particulars of the charge and a list of witnesses who are likely to be called to give evidence and a list of documents that may be used by the prosecutor, and
(b) a summary of such of the facts as are proposed to be relied on by the prosecutor.
(2) The Bribery Commissioner shall, if so required by a District Court trying a charge of bribery against any person, furnish or cause to be furnished to such court any statement relating to that person recorded in the course of any investigation conducted by the Bribery Commissioner or by an officer authorized by him. No such statement shall be made available to the accused person or to any advocate, proctor or other person defending him unless the District Court, on application made to it in that behalf and after reference to the statement, is of opinion that in the circumstances of the case the furnishing of the statement is in the interests of justice.
(3) No statement referred to in subsection (2) shall be used in any proceedings before a District Court otherwise than to prove that a witness made a different statement at a different time, or to refresh the memory of the person recording it:
(4) Repealed.


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