Editing Right to silence (section)

===Bangladesh===
[[Constitution of Bangladesh#Amendments|Article 33]] of the [[Constitution of Bangladesh]] discusses the rights of the arrested and detained; no right to silence is mentioned either in the Constitution<ref name=bd1>{{cite web|title=Constitution of Bangladesh: Chapter III|url=http://www.pmo.gov.bd/pmolib/constitution/part3.htm|publisher=Prime Minister's Office|access-date=2 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524221035/http://www.pmo.gov.bd/pmolib/constitution/part3.htm|archive-date=24 May 2013}}</ref> or the [[Bangladesh Penal Code]],<ref name=bd2>{{cite web|title=The State of Human Rights in Eleven Asian Nations – 2007|url=http://www.ahrchk.net/pub/pdf/TheStateofHRin11AsianNations2007.pdf|publisher=Asian Human Rights Commission|access-date=2 October 2011}}</ref> except in Article 35(4) of the Constitution, which protects individuals from self-implication.<ref name=bd1 /><ref name=bd3 /> To facilitate protection from self-implication, Bangladesh Penal Code makes an exception in cases of confessions, in which case, the Magistrate obtaining a confession under Section 164 ''must'' explain the confessor's right to silence, and must attest to the fact that the rights of the confessor were read out to him and explained, and the confessor waived his right of silence.<ref name=bd3>{{cite news|last=Azad|first=Mak|title=Do citizens get the protection provided by the constitution?|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/law/2007/10/03/index.htm|access-date=2 October 2011|newspaper=The Daily Star|date=3 October 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071029053147/http://www.thedailystar.net/law/2007/10/03/index.htm|archive-date=29 October 2007}}</ref>

Article 33 of the [[Constitution of Bangladesh]] compels arresting authorities to inform the accused of the accusations brought against him before he is detained,<ref name=bd>{{cite web|title=Constitution of Bangladesh: Chapter III |url=http://www.pmo.gov.bd/pmolib/constitution/part3.htm |publisher=Prime Minister's Office |access-date=2 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524221035/http://www.pmo.gov.bd/pmolib/constitution/part3.htm |archive-date=24 May 2013 }}</ref> and that the detained must be presented to the nearest court within 24 hours.<ref name=bd /> Exceptions to this rule include preventive detention and the arrest of an enemy alien.<ref name=bd /> Right to counsel is an inalienable right, but the arresting officer need not explicitly state it to the detained.

Article 35(4) of the Constitution protects individuals from self-implication.<ref name=bd /> Therefore, warnings ''must'' be read out to the detained person if he wants to voluntarily confess to the charges; in this case, a Magistrate must read and explain the confessor's right to silence and protection from self-implication, and attest to the fact that the rights of the confessor were read out to him and explained, and the confessor waived his right of silence.<ref name=bd4>{{cite news|last=Azad |first=Mak |title=Do citizens get the protection provided by the constitution? |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/law/2007/10/03/index.htm |access-date=2 October 2011 |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=3 October 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725090324/http://thedailystar.net/law/2007/10/03/index.htm |archive-date=25 July 2008 }}</ref>