Section 130.31. Compulsory self-incrimination prohibited  


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  • (a) No person
      subject to this code shall compel any person to incriminate  himself  or
      to answer any question the answer to which may tend to incriminate him.
        (b)  No  person subject to this code shall interrogate, or request any
      statement from, an accused or a person suspected of an  offense  without
      first  informing  him  of  the nature of the accusation and advising him
      that he does not have to make any statement  regarding  the  offense  of
      which  he is accused or suspected and that any statement made by him may
      be used as evidence against him in a trial by court-martial.
        (c) No person subject to this code shall compel any person to  make  a
      statement  or  produce  evidence  before  any  military  tribunal if the
      statement or evidence is not material to  the  issue  and  may  tend  to
      degrade him.
        (d)  No  statement  obtained  from  any  person  in  violation of this
      section, or through the use of coercion, unlawful influence, or unlawful
      inducement shall be received in evidence  against  him  in  a  trial  by
      court-martial.