Section 42: Protection of informers.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2)— a. no information for an offence under this Act shall be admitted in evidence in any civil or criminal proceedings; and b. no witness in any civil or criminal proceeding shall be obliged— i. to disclose the name or address of any informer who has given information to the Commission with respect to an offence under this Act or of any person who has assisted the Commission in any way with respect to an offence; or ii. to answer any question if the answer thereto would lead, or would tend to lead, to discovery of the name or address of such informer or person, if, in either case, such informer or person is not himself a witness in such proceeding. (2) If, in any proceeding before a Court for an offence under this Act, the Court, after full inquiry into the case, is satisfied that a person who gave information to the Commission wilfully made a material statement which he knew or believed to be false or did not believe to be true, or if in any other proceeding a Court is of the opinion that justice cannot be fully done between the parties thereto without disclosure of the name of a person who gave information to the Commission, the Court may permit inquiry and require full disclosure concerning such person. Impossibility of achieving purpose not defence