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The Evidence Act, 1872

Section 129Confidential communications with legal advisers

In forcePart III PRODUCTION AND EFFECT OF EVIDENCEChapter IX OF WITNESSES

Part III PRODUCTION AND EFFECT OF EVIDENCE

Chapter IX OF WITNESSES

s. 129

129. Confidential communications with legal advisers No one shall be compelled to disclose to the Court any confidential communication which has taken place between him and his legal professional adviser, unless he offers himself as a witness, in which case he may be compelled to disclose any such communications as may appear to the Court necessary to be known in order to explain any evidence which he has given, but no others.

End of s. 129.

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