297Protected confidences—preliminary criminal proceedings

#### 297 Protected confidences—preliminary criminal proceedings 297 Protected confidences—preliminary criminal proceedings > > (1) A person cannot seek to compel (whether by subpoena or any other procedure) any other person to produce a document recording a protected confidence in, or in connection with, any preliminary criminal proceedings. > > > (2) A document recording a protected confidence cannot be produced in, or in connection with, any preliminary criminal proceedings. > > > (3) Evidence cannot be adduced in any preliminary criminal proceedings if it would disclose a protected confidence or the contents of a document recording a protected confidence. > > **s 297 (previously s 149):** Renumbered 2001 No 119, Sch 1 \[126\]. Subst 2010 No 135, Sch 12.1 \[5\].