Secrecy of Information

Any Information obtained by the Lokayukta or tha UpalokayuMa or members of their staff in the course of or for the purposes of any investigation under this Act andany evidence recorded or collected in connection with such information shall betreated as confidential and notwithstanding anything containedm the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (1 of 1872), nocourt shall be entitled to compelthe Lokavukta or an Upalokayukta or anypubllc functionary to give evldencerelating to such information or producethe evident* so reported or collected. Nothingin sub-section (1) shall apply to foe disclosure ofany information or particulars: a. for purposes of the inquiry or in any report to be made there iai or for any action orpvoceedings to be taken on such report; or b. for purposes of any proceedings for an offence under the Official Secret Act,1923 (19 of 1923), or any offence of giving or fabricating false evidence under the Indian Penal Code or for purposes of any proceedings undersectlon 15; or e. for such other purposes as may be prescribed. An officer or other authority prescribed in this behalf rnay givenotice in writing to the Lokayuktaor an Upalokayukta, as the case may be,with respect to any document orinformation specified in the notice or any class of documents so specified that in the opinion of the Government the disclosure of the documents or information or documents or informationof that class would be contrary to public interest and where such a noticeis given, nothing in this Act.shall be construed as authorizing orrequiring the Lokayukta, the Upalokayukta or any member of their staff to communicate to any person any document or information specified in the notice or any document or information of a class so specified.