Section 457: Non-disclosure of information in certain cases
This section is for protecting the source of information related to certain government-ordered investigations from being disclosed.
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What the section says
In plain terms
Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, the Registrar, any officer of the Government or any other person shall not be compelled to disclose to any court, Tribunal or other authority, the source from where he got any information which—
(a)has led the Central Government to order an investigation under section 210; or
(b)is or has been material or relevant in connection with such investigation.
The right-hand column is written from the section text, not quoted from it, and it has no legal force. Where the two differ, the left-hand column is the law.
Amendment notes
- 1. The proviso omitted by Act 1 of 2018, s. 93 (w.e.f. 9-2-2018).
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