Section 37, Intelligence Act, 2002

(1) An employee shall not be required to produce before Parliament any document or other evidence where— (a) the Speaker certifies— 20 No. 10 National Security and Central Intelligence Act 2002 (i) that the document or other evidence belongs to a class of documents or evidence, the production of which is injurious to the public interest; or (ii) that disclosure of the evidence or of the contents of the documents will be injurious to the public interest; or (b) the Council certifies — (i) that the document or other evidence belongs to a class the production of which is prejudicial to the security of the State; or (ii) that disclosure of the evidence or of the contents of the document will be prejudicial to the security of the State. (2) Where there is doubt as to the nature of a document or other evidence such as is referred to in subsection (1), the Speaker or the Council, as the case may be, shall refer the matter to the Supreme Court for determination whether the production, or the disclosure of the contents of the document or other evidence would be injurious to the public interest or, as the case may be, prejudicial to the security of the State. [Margin: Privileged information.]