R v Ramasamy

Subject Matter

CRIME — Ceylon — Criminal law — Evidence — Statements made in course of police investigation — Inadmissibility applicable to evidence of both oral and written statements and to both accused and witnesses — Statutory provision admitting evidence of fact discovered as result of statement when in police custody — Statutory provision that statements to police inadmissible — Reconciliation — Generalia specialibus non derogant — Evidence Ordinance (Legislative Enactments of Ceylon, 1938 Rev, c 11), s 27 (1) — Code of Criminal procedure (Legislative Enactments of Ceylon, 1938 Rev, c 16), s 122 (3)

[1965] AC 1; [1964] 3 WLR 632

CRIME — Evidence — Confession — Statement leading to discovery of relevant fact — Finding of gun — Principle of admissibility

[1965] AC 1; [1964] 3 WLR 632

STATUTE — Construction — Generalia specialibus non derogant — Provision that statements to police inadmissible in evidence — Provision that statement leading to discovery of fact admissible

[1965] AC 1; [1964] 3 WLR 632