Valid from 20/06/2003
197 Restriction on use of statements in courtF1U.K.
(1)A statement by a person in response to a requirement imposed by virtue of section 193 or 194 may only be used in evidence against him—
(a)on a prosecution for an offence under section 201(2); or
(b)on a prosecution for some other offence where in giving evidence he makes a statement inconsistent with it.
(2)However, the statement may not be used against that person by virtue of paragraph (b) of subsection (1) unless evidence relating to it is adduced, or a question relating to it is asked, by or on behalf of that person in the proceedings arising out of the prosecution.
Textual Amendments applied to the whole legislation
F1Act: for the words "solicitor of the Supreme Court of Northern Ireland" wherever they occur there is substituted (prosp.) the words "solicitor of the Court of Judicature of Northern Ireland" by virtue of Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 59, 148(1), Sch. 11 para. 5 [Editorial Note: this amendment will be carried through into the text of the Act at the same time as any other effects on the Act for the year in which the relevant commencement order (or first such order) is made]