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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coroners-inquests-rules-2013/article-22",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2013/1616",
  "legislation_title": "The Coroners (Inquests) Rules 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coroners-inquests-rules-2013",
  "path": "article/22",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "22",
  "heading": "Self incrimination",
  "text": "(1) No witness at an inquest is obliged to answer any question tending to incriminate him or her.\n(2) Where it appears to the coroner that a witness has been asked such a question, the coroner must inform the witness that he or she may refuse to answer it.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 22 in force at 25.7.2013, see rule 1"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/1616/article/22",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:49:15.352919+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}