Section 10Part 0 —
Certificate issued to witnesses making full disclosure to be a bar to proceedings
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Every witness before the Parliament or a committee who answers fully and faithfully any questions put to that person by the Parliament or such committee to its satisfaction is entitled to receive a certificate stating that that person was upon that person's examination so required to answer and did answer any such question.
Every certificate under subsection (1) shall, in the case of a witness before the Parliament, be under the hand of the Speaker, and in the case of a witness before any committee be under the hand of the Chairperson thereof.
On production of such certificate to any court of law such court shall stay any proceedings, civil or criminal, except for a charge under section 103 or 104 of the Penal Code (2024 Revision), against such witness by reasons of anything which the witness may have said in such evidence, and may, in its discretion, award to such witness such expenses as the witness may have incurred.
Except in proceedings under section 103 or 104 of the Penal Code (2024 Revision) no statement made by any person in evidence given before the Parliament or a committee shall be admissible in evidence against that person in any civil or criminal proceedings.
Cross References
- Section 103 of Penal Codeexternal
Perjury provision
- Section 104 of Penal Codeexternal
Perjury provision