{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-evidence-act-1898/section-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-evidence-act-1898/section-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/61-62/36",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Evidence Act 1898",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-evidence-act-1898",
  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Right of reply.",
  "text": "In cases where the right of reply depends upon the question whether evidence has been called for the defence, the fact that the person charged has been called as a witness shall not of itself confer on the prosecution the right of reply.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words repealed (E.W.) by Criminal Procedure (Right of Reply) Act 1964 (c. 34), s. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/61-62/36/section/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:27:29.318598+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."
}