Okla. Stat. tit. 44, § 44-831
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Compulsory self-incrimination prohibited
Official statutory text
ARTICLE 31. Compulsory self-incrimination prohibited.
A. No person subject to the Oklahoma Uniform Code of Military
Justice shall compel any person to incriminate himself or herself or
to answer any question the answer to which may tend to incriminate
him or her.
B. No person subject to the Code shall interrogate or request
any statement from an accused or a person suspected of an offense
without first informing that person of the nature of the accusation
and advising that 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 an administrative board proceeding,
in nonjudicial punishment, or in a trial by court-martial.
C. No person subject to the Code shall compel any person to
make a statement or produce evidence in the course of an
administrative board proceeding, nonjudicial punishment or before
any military court 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 an administrative board proceeding, in nonjudicial punishment or
in a trial by court-martial.
A. No person subject to the Oklahoma Uniform Code of Military
Justice shall compel any person to incriminate himself or herself or
to answer any question the answer to which may tend to incriminate
him or her.
B. No person subject to the Code shall interrogate or request
any statement from an accused or a person suspected of an offense
without first informing that person of the nature of the accusation
and advising that 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 an administrative board proceeding,
in nonjudicial punishment, or in a trial by court-martial.
C. No person subject to the Code shall compel any person to
make a statement or produce evidence in the course of an
administrative board proceeding, nonjudicial punishment or before
any military court 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 an administrative board proceeding, in nonjudicial punishment or
in a trial by court-martial.
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