Commission To Inquire Into Child Abuse Act, 2000
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Privileges and immunities of witnesses, etc. |
18.—(1) (a) A person whose evidence has been, is being or is to be given before the Commission or a Committee, or who produces or sends a document to the Commission or a Committee or who is requested by the Commission or a Committee or directed to give evidence or produce a document to it or to attend before it and there to give evidence or produce a document or who makes a submission in the Commission or a Committee shall be entitled to the same privileges and immunities in respect of those matters as a witness before the High Court in respect of evidence. | |
(b) In paragraph (a) references to the Commission include references to the commission to inquire into child abuse established pursuant to a decision of the Government made on 11 May, 1999. | ||
(2) A person whose evidence has been, is being or is to be given to an inquiry officer or who produces or sends a document to him or her or who is requested by an inquiry officer to give evidence or produce a document to him or her or to attend before him or her and there to give evidence or produce a document shall be entitled to the same privileges and immunities in respect of those matters as a witness before the High Court in respect of evidence. | ||
(3) A person whose evidence has been, is being or is to be given to a person for the purposes of an examination by him or her pursuant to section 14 (5) or who produces or sends a document to him or her or who is requested for such purposes by such a person to give evidence or produce a document to him or her or to attend before him or her and there to give evidence or produce a document shall be entitled to the same privileges and immunities in respect of those matters as a witness before the High Court in respect of evidence. |