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Section 13 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

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13. A witness who testifies in any proceedings has the right not to have any incriminating evidence so given used to incriminate that witness in any other proceedings, except in a prosecution for perjury or for the giving of contradictory
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even before the Charter, but these applied to cases in which an individual might incriminate him or herself while giving
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Canadian Charter
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Constitution Act, 1982
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