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Evidence Act 1939
56BProtection of confidential communications
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56B Protection of confidential communications
(1) A confidential communication is a privileged communication to the
extent provided by this section.
(2) Evidence that discloses a confidential communication:
(a) is not to be subject to discovery or any other form of
pre-hearing or pre-trial disclosure or inspection; and
(b) is not admissible in committal proceedings; and
(c) is not to be adduced or produced as evidence at the hearing
of a charge or at a trial except with the leave of the court.
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