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N.Y. Military Law § 130.31: Compulsory self-incrimination prohibited

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  1. Military Law
  2. Article 7. Code of Military Justice
  3. Part 6. Pre-trial Procedure

§ 130.31. Compulsory self-incrimination prohibited. (a) No person

subject to this code shall compel any person to incriminate himself or

to answer any question the answer to which may tend to incriminate him.

(b) No person subject to this code shall interrogate, or request any

statement from, an accused or a person suspected of an offense without

first informing him of the nature of the accusation and advising him

that he does not have to make any statement regarding the offense of

which he is accused or suspected and that any statement made by him may

be used as evidence against him in a trial by court-martial.

(c) No person subject to this code shall compel any person to make a

statement or produce evidence before any military tribunal if the

statement or evidence is not material to the issue and may tend to

degrade him.

(d) No statement obtained from any person in violation of this

section, or through the use of coercion, unlawful influence, or unlawful

inducement shall be received in evidence against him in a trial by

court-martial.

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