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Commissions of Inquiry Act 1950
sec.14AStatements made by witness not admissible in evidence against the witness
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### sec.14A Statements made by witness not admissible in evidence against the witness
A statement or disclosure made by any witness in answer to any question put to the witness by a commission or any commissioner or before a commission shall not (except in proceedings in respect of contempt of the commission or of an offence, or a conspiracy by the witness with another person to commit an offence, against any of the sections of the Criminal Code specified in section (22 ) be admissible in evidence against the witness in any civil or criminal proceedings.
A book, document, writing, record, property or anything produced by a witness is not and it is declared never was a statement or disclosure to which subsection (1) applies.
s 14A (prev s 14(2)–(2A)) renum 1995 No. 58 s 4 sch 1
(sec.14A-ssec.1) A statement or disclosure made by any witness in answer to any question put to the witness by a commission or any commissioner or before a commission shall not (except in proceedings in respect of contempt of the commission or of an offence, or a conspiracy by the witness with another person to commit an offence, against any of the sections of the Criminal Code specified in section (22 ) be admissible in evidence against the witness in any civil or criminal proceedings.
(sec.14A-ssec.2) A book, document, writing, record, property or anything produced by a witness is not and it is declared never was a statement or disclosure to which subsection (1) applies.