2019 Hawaii Revised Statutes
TITLE 10. PUBLIC SAFETY AND INTERNAL SECURITY
124A. Hawaii Code of Military Justice
124A-52 Compulsory self-incrimination prohibited.

Universal Citation: HI Rev Stat § 124A-52 (2019)

§124A-52 Compulsory self-incrimination prohibited. (a) No person subject to this chapter may compel any person to incriminate the person's self or to answer any question the answer to which may tend to incriminate the person.

(b) No person subject to this chapter may interrogate, or request any statement from, an accused or a person suspected of an offense without first informing the person of the nature of the accusation and advising the person that the person does not have to make any statement regarding the offense of which the person is accused or suspected and that any statement made by the person may be used as evidence against the person in a trial by court-martial.

(c) No person subject to this chapter may 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 the person.

(d) No statement obtained from any person in violation of this section, or through the use of coercion, unlawful influence, or unlawful inducement may be received in evidence against the person in a trial by court-martial. [L 1982, c 171, pt of §2; gen ch 1985]

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