{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-and-investigations-act-1996/section-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-and-investigations-act-1996/section-6.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/25",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-and-investigations-act-1996",
  "path": "section/6",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Voluntary disclosure by accused.",
  "text": "(1) This section applies where—\n(a) this Part applies by virtue of section 1(1), and\n(b) the prosecutor complies with section 3 or purports to comply with it.\n(2) The accused—\n(a) may give a defence statement to the prosecutor, and\n(b) if he does so, must also give such a statement to the court.\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) If the accused gives a defence statement under this section he must give it during the period which, by virtue of section 12, is the relevant period for this section.",
  "extent": "E+W+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 6(3) repealed (4.4.2005 for E.W. and 15.7.2005 for N.I.) by Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), ss. 331, 332, 336, Sch. 36 Pt. 3 para. 24, Sch. 37; S.I. 2005/950, art. 2; S.I. 2005/1817, art. 2 (with savings in art. 2(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Pt. I power to apply (with modifications) conferred by SI 2015/1490 rule 23.2 Note (as inserted (2.4.2018) by The Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2018 (S.I. 2018/132), rules 1, 11(a)(v))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/25/section/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:32:07.183739+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."
}