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dialer: Allow Call Recording For Bangladesh
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Change-Id: I40a400fb6af3be7a986b1ec32f1fac716e7ead92
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r1riyad authored and alanndz committed Jun 11, 2022
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<country iso="ba" allowed="true" />

<!-- Enable recording for Bangladesh:
Based on the Evidence Act of 1872, audio recordings may be admissible as a form of
evidence. In civil cases, call recording may be used, but judges decide on when they are
admissable. Recordings are considered admissible evidence when a witness is deposed and
testifies to their validity before a court. Parties may rely on recordings during civil
cases, in order to support their side's version of events. While the use of audio
recordings as a form of evidence is common, the Supreme Court has not stated whether
recordings can be used as evidence blindly, thus their use is on a case-to-case basis.
Legal discussion:
https://www.thedailystar.net/news/your-advocate-2
Evidence Act of 1872:
https://acc.portal.gov.bd/sites/default/files/files/acc.portal.gov.bd/law/7e753733_a368_471e_aef9_b4525cb5082c/The_Evidence_Act,_1872_(Act_No._I_of_1872).pdf
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<country iso="bd" allowed="true" />

<!-- Enable recording for Belgium:
As stated in the official response below, Belgian law does not consider the recording of
one's personal communications as a punishable offense. Using said recordings in a
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