Section 24A
Legal adviser and privileged information. [S 59/2007]
(1)
Nothing in this Act shall require the disclosure by a legal adviser of any privileged information, communication, book, document or other article which came to his knowledge for the purpose of any proceeding, begun or in contemplation, before a court or to enable him to give legal advice to his client.
(2)
In this section, “legal adviser” means a person who has been admitted as an advocate and solicitor under the Legal Profession Act
(Chapter 132).
(3)
The privilege conferred by this section on a legal adviser shall extend to an employee of the legal adviser:
Provided that any article held with the intention of furthering a criminal purpose is not a privileged item under this section.
Forfeiture of ship, hovercraft, aircraft or vehicle.