Section 144, The Public Elections Act, 2012

(l) A person called as a witness in proceedings in theHigh Court under this Part, shall not be excused from answering a question relating to an offence at, or connected with, an election on the grounds that the answer to the question may incriminate or tend to incriminate him, or on the grounds of privilege; but- (a) a witness who answers truly all questions which he is required by the Court to answer shall be entitled to receive a certificate of indemnity under the hand of the presiding Judge stating that the witness has so answered; and (b) an answer by a person to a question before the Court shall not, except in the case of any criminal proceedings for perjury in respect of the evidence, be admissible in proceedings civil or criminal in evidence against him. (2) When a person has received a certificate of indemnity in relation to an offence disclosed by answering a question which he was required to answer by virtue only of subsection (1), and any legal proceedings are at any time brought against him for that offence, the High Court having cognizance of the case shall, on proof of the certificate, stay the proceedings and may award to that person such costs as he may have been put to in the proceedings.