Answering of criminating questions and certificate of indemnity

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Part III Part III

Statutory text

(1) No witness shall be excused from answering any question as to any matter relevant to a malter in issuc in the bial of an election petition up to the ground that the answer to such question may criminate or may tend to criminate him, or that it may expose or may tend to expose him to any penalty or forfeiture : Provided that-
- (a) a witness who answers truly all questions which he is required to answer shall be entitled to receive a certificate of indemnity from the prescribed authority ; and
- (b) an answer given by a witness to a question put by or befo~le the prexriM authority shall not, except in the case of any criminal proceeding for perjury in respect of the evidence, Lse admissible in evidence against him in any civil or criminal pmding.
(2) When a certificate of indemnity has been granted to any witness it may be pleaded by him in any court and shaI1 be a full and complete defence to or upon any charge under Chapter IX-A of thc Indian Penal Code (Act No. VI of 1860), arising but of the matter to which such certificate relates, but it shall not be deemed to relieve him from any disqualifjca~ion in connection with any election imposed by thls Act or any oher law.

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