Statements made by witness before board or commission not to be used against witness
30. Statements made by witness before board or commission not to be used
against witness
No statement made by any person in answer to any question before any board or
commission empowered under the provisions of this Act or other like body or
person empowered under any other Act to summon witnesses shall (except in case
of a charge against such person for perjury committed by him in making such
statement) be admissible in evidence in any proceedings civil or criminal
against him, nor be made the ground of any prosecution action or suit against
him; and a certificate signed by the chairman of such board or commission or
body or by the sole commissioner or by such person that such statement was
made in answer to any such question or in the course of any inquiry before
such board commission body or person shall be conclusive evidence that the
same was so made.
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Victorian Consolidated Legislation