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1. What are the rights of a person during custodial?

Any public officer or employee, or anyone acting


under his order or his place, who arrests, detains or investigates any person for the commission of
an offense shall inform the latter, in a language known to and understood by him, of his rights to
remain silent and to have competent and independent counsel, preferably of his own choice, who
shall at all times be allowed to confer privately with the person arrested, detained or under custodial
investigation. If such person cannot afford the services of his own counsel, he must be provided with
a competent and independent counsel by the investigating officer.
2. Do rights of a suspect during custodial investigation attach as soon as he is invited to the police
station to the police station to be investigated in connection with an offense he is suspected to have
committed?
3. When does the right to counsel attach?
4. What is meant by the right to counsel?
5. Does a suspect need counsel during identification by police line-up?
6. What is the correct procedure for arresting officers to follow when making arrest and conducting
custodial investigation?
7. How important is the giving of Miranda warnings to the suspect during his arrest?
8. Is the mere reading of the Miranda Warnings enough?
9. Can a voluntary admission made to the Mayor or media be used against the suspect of crime?
10. Can any of these rights waived?
11. What constitutes a valid waiver of the right to counsel?
12. When is the right to remain silent waived?
13. When are the rights of a person under custodial investigation terminated?
14. When is an extrajudicial confession admissible?
15. What are examples of mechanical acts that are not protected by the right to remain silent?
16. What are not considered as mechanical acts?

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