Secrecy of information

Secrecy of information:

1. (1) Any information obtained by the Lokayukta or the Upa-Lokayukta or members of their staff, in the course of, or for the purposes of any investigation under this Act and any evidence recorded or collected in connection with such information, shall be treated as confidential and notwithstanding anything contained in the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, no Court shall be entitled to compel the Lokayukta or the Upa-Lokayukta or any such member to give evidence relating to such information or produce the evidence so recorded or collected.
2. (2) Nothing in sub-section
3. (1) shall apply to the disclosure of any information or the particulars referred to therein for the purpose of the investigation or in any report to be made thereunder or for the purposes of any prosecution or any proceedings under the Indian Penal Code or for such other purposes as may be prescribed.