Protection of Commission, legal representatives and witnesses
147 Protection of Commission, legal representatives and witnesses
The Commission has, in the performance of its functions at an examination, the same protection and immunity as a judge of the Supreme Court.
A lawyer, or other person, when representing a person at an examination or assisting the Commission at an examination has the same protection and immunity as a lawyer appearing for a party in a proceeding in the Supreme Court and, if the person is a lawyer, is subject to the same liabilities as if appearing before that court.
A person required to attend or appearing at an examination as a witness has the same protection as a witness in a proceeding in the Supreme Court, and is, in addition to the penalties provided by this Act, subject to the same liabilities in any civil or criminal proceeding, as a witness in any case tried in the Supreme Court.
[Section 147 inserted: No. 78 of 2003 s. 17; amended: No. 21 of 2008 s. 654(5).]
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