Section 191 of the Evidence Act 2011 – What it Says and All You Need to Know.
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Section 191 of the Evidence Act 2011 Provides as Follows:
No public officer shall be compelled to disclose communications made to him in official confidence, when he considers that the public interests would suffer by the disclosure:
Provided that the public officer concerned shall on the order of the court, disclose to the judge alone in chambers the substance of the communication in question and if the judge is satisfied that the communication should be received in evidence this shall be done in private in accordance with section 36 (4) of the Constitution.
Other Relevant Sections:
- Section 192 of the Evidence Act 2011
- Section 193 of the Evidence Act 2011
- Section 194 of the Evidence Act 2011