Section 23
Section 23
( 1) Except as hereinafter provided, no witness in any proceeding under this Act shall be obliged or permitted to disclose the name and address of any informer or the subst-ance of the information received from him, or to state any matter which might lead to his discovery.
(2)
If any books, document or papers which are in evidence or liable to inspection in any proceeding under this
Act contain any entry in which an informer is named or described, or which might lead to his discovery, the Court shall cause that entry to be concealed from view or be obliterated, but only to the extent that is necessary to pro-tect the informer from discovery.
(3)
If, in a trial for any offence against this Act or any rule made hereunder, the Court after full inquiry, be-lieves that the informer wilfully made in his complaint a material statement which he knew or believed to be false or did not believe to be true or, if the Court is of the opinion that justice cannot be done without the discovery of the informer, it shall be lawful for the court to require the pro-duction of the original complaint, if in writing, and permit inquiry and require full disclosure concerning the informer.
Who may prosecute
Jurisdiction
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Protection of informers from discovery
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Reward for informers
Power to make rules and orders
Wild Life Protection 24.
Where, in any proceedings under this Act, any fine is imposed, the court may award any sum or sums not exceed-ing one-half the total fine collected to any informer or infor-mers:
Provided that no such sum may be awarded to any police officer or to any person appointed to assist in the adminis-tration of this Act.
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SCHEDULES AND RULES