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<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="9-107" title_number="9" title_name="Witnesses" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Competence, Compellability, and Privilege">
  <text>A person may not be compelled to testify in violation of his privilege against self-incrimination. The failure of a defendant to testify in a criminal proceeding on this basis does not create any presumption against him.</text>
</section>
