caa a22 4500 388102853 CHVBK 20180307125327.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130s1999 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0021855300011360 doi S0021855300011360 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0021855300011360 Quansah E. K. Unsworn statement from the dock and the accused person in Botswana [Elektronische Daten] [E. K. Quansah] In a criminal trial an accused person may either choose not to give evidence or give evidence on oath (or affirmation) or make an unsworn statement from the dock. It is with this latter option that this article is concerned. This right to make a statement without being sworn is recognized in section 218 of the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act (C. P. & E.) which confers competency on an accused person, their wife or husband to testify for the defence at every stage of the proceedings. Section 218(3) provides that: Copyright © School of Oriental and African Studies 1999 Journal of African Law Cambridge University Press 43/2(1999), 234-243 0021-8553 43:2<234 1999 43 JAL https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021855300011360 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021855300011360 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Quansah E. K. NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of African Law Cambridge University Press 43/2(1999), 234-243 0021-8553 43:2<234 1999 43 JAL CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge