127Religious confession

### 127 Religious confession > > (1)  A person who is or was a member of the clergy of any church or religious denomination is entitled to refuse to divulge that a religious confession was made, or the contents of a religious confession made, to the person when a member of the clergy. > > > (2)  [Subsection (1)](#GS127@Gs1@EN) does not apply if the communication involved in the religious confession was made for a criminal purpose. > > > (3)  This section applies even if an Act provides – > > > > > > (a) that the rules of evidence do not apply or that a person or body is not bound by the rules of evidence; or > > > > > > > (b) that a person is not excused from answering any question or producing any document or other thing on the ground of privilege or any other ground. > > > (4)  In this section, > > > > > ***religious confession*** means a confession made by a person to a member of the clergy in the member's professional capacity according to the ritual of the church or religious denomination concerned.