Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 10 : Section 831


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 831. Art. 31. Compulsory self-incrimination prohibited

      (a) No person subject to this chapter may 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 chapter may 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 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 him.
      (d) No statement obtained from any person in violation of this
    article, or through the use of coercion, unlawful influence, or
    unlawful inducement may be received in evidence against him in a
    trial by court-martial.



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