Source of information shall not be disclosed

Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to require the State Government or any such officer who has been specifically empowered by it under section 20, or the District Magistrate or the Additional District Magistrate or Sub-Divisional Magistrate empowered under section 25, against whom an order has been made under section 11, 12, 13 or 20 of this Act, to disclose to any person or to any Court the source of his information or any fact which, in the opinion of the State Government, or such officer as mentioned above, or the District Magistrate or the Additional District Magistrate or Sub-Divisional Magistrate empowered under section 25, reveals the identity or name of an informer.