CrimPC Art. 141 - Admissibility of unlawfully obtained evidence

Einleitung zur Rechtsnorm CrimPC:

Art. 141 CrimPC from 2025

Art. 141 Admissibility of unlawfully obtained evidence

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 Evidence obtained in violation of Article 140 is not admissible under any circumstances. The foregoing also applies where this Code declares evidence to be inadmissible.

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 Evidence that criminal justice authorities have obtained by criminal methods or by violating regulations on admissibility is inadmissible unless it is essential that it be admitted in order to secure a conviction for a serious offence.

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 Evidence that has been obtained in violation of administrative regulations is admissible.

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 Where evidence that is inadmissible under paragraph 1or 2 has made it possible to obtain additional evidence, such evidence is only admissible if it would have been possible to obtain it even if the previous evidence not been obtained. ⁽¹⁾

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 Records relating to inadmissible evidence shall be removed from the case documents, held in safekeeping until a final judgment has concluded the proceedings, and then destroyed.