Section 46
Section 46
(1)
No person who makes any notification that a child is in need of protection shall incur any liability for defamation or otherwise in respect of the making of such notification.
12)
The making of any notification that a child is in need of protection shall not, in any proceedings before any Court or in any other respect, be held to constitute a breach of professional etiquette or ethics or a departure from accepted standards of professional conduct.
(3)
Any person appearing as a witness in any proceedings in any Court or tribunal or before a person authorised by law to hear evidence -
(a)
shall not be compelled to disclose the identity of, or any information likely to lead to the disclosure of the identity of, any person who has made a notification that a child is in need of protection; and
(b)
shall not be compelled to produce, and shall not produce, any report or document which identifies, or is likely to identify, any person who has made a notification that a child is in need of protection.
14)
Subsection 13) does not apply where a notification that a child is in need of protection is tendered in evidence, or evidence in respect of such notification is given, by the person who made such notification.
[5)
The provisions of this section shall apply to a registered medical practitioner who makes a notification under section 1911) in the same manner as 1477
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(6)
If in any proceedings before a court for an offence under this Order the
Court, after full inquiry into the case, is satisfied that an informer wilfully made a statement which he knew or believed to be false or did not believe to be true, or if in any proceedings the Court is of the opinion that justice cannot be fully done between the parties thereto without the disclosure of the name of an informer the
Court may permit inquiry and require full disclosure concerning the informer.
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