The PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS ACT, 1993

FUNCTIONS AND POWERS OF THE COMMISSION

Section 15: Statement made by persons to the Commission.

No statement made by a person in the course of giving evidence before the Commission shall subject him to, or be used against him in, any civil or criminal proceeding except a prosecution for giving false evidence by such statement:

Provided that the statement—

(a) is made in reply to the question which he is required by the Commission to answer; or

(b) is relevant to the subject matter of the inquiry.