Statements made by persons to the State Election Commission

Statements made by persons to the State Election Commission.— No statement made by a person in course of giving evidence before the State Election Commission shall subject him to, or be used against him in, any civil or criminal proceeding except a prosecution for giving false evidence by such statement: Provided that the statement-

1. (a) is made in reply to a question which he is required by the State Election Commission to answer; or
2. (b) is relevant to the subject matter of the inquiry.