Commentary on Sections Schedule 27 - Minor and consequential amendments Paragraph 36 - Criminal Damage Act 1971 (c. 48)
948.Section 9 of the Criminal Damage Act prevents a statement or admission made in certain proceedings from being used as evidence, in proceedings for an offence under the Act, against the person who made it or their spouse. Paragraph 36 extends the same protection against incrimination to the person’s civil partner.