However, the Act excuses the penalty for failing to attend if a reasonable excuse can be provided ( self-incrimination is not a reasonable excuse, however, as statements or documents tended by witnesses are not admissible in evidence against the witness ).
12.
Later in 2007, Election Commission of Pakistan ruled in favour of Khan and dismissed the " ex parte " judgment of the US court, on grounds that it was neither admissible in evidence before any court or tribunal in Pakistan nor executable against him.
13.
The pre-trial operation of the privilege against self-incrimination was further buttressed by the decision in " Ibrahim v R " [ 1914 ] AC 599 that an admission or confession made by the accused to the police would only be admissible in evidence if the prosecution could establish that it had been voluntary.
14.
Because there are still existing alive concubines married before the Marriage Reform Ordinance ( Cap . 178 ), and their rights ( of inheritance, and the inheritance rights of their sons and daughters ) are respected by the Hong Kong legal system ( even after the 1997 handover ), the Great Qing Legal Code is still admissible in evidence when handling legal cases with history dated back before 1971.
