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Section 82: Part VIII— interpretation.

Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 · 1984 c. 60View on legislation.gov.uk

Part VIII: Evidence in Criminal Proceedings—General

In this Part of this Act—

  • "confession", includes any statement wholly or partly adverse to the person who made it, whether made to a person in authority or not and whether made in words or otherwise;

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  • "proceedings" means criminal proceedings, including service proceedings;

  • "Service court" means the Court Martial or the Service Civilian Court.

In subsection (1) "service proceedings" means proceedings before a court (other than a civilian court) in respect of a service offence; and "service offence" and "civilian court" here have the same meanings as in the Armed Forces Act 2006.

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Nothing in this Part of this Act shall prejudice any power of a court to exclude evidence (whether by preventing questions from being put or otherwise) at its discretion.

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