Criminal Procedure Act 1986
298Protected confidences—criminal proceedings
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298 Protected confidences—criminal proceedings
298 Protected confidences—criminal proceedings
(1) Except with the leave of the court, 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 criminal proceedings.
(2) Except with the leave of the court, a document recording a protected confidence cannot be produced in, or in connection with, any criminal proceedings.
(3) Except with the leave of the court, evidence cannot be adduced in any criminal proceedings if it would disclose a protected confidence or the contents of a document recording a protected confidence.
s 298 (previously s 150): Renumbered 2001 No 119, Sch 1 [126]. Am 2001 No 119, Sch 1 [129]. Subst 2010 No 135, Sch 12.1 [5].