(7) Where any person discloses any information or produces any book, document, record, account or computerized data or article pursuant to subsections (1), (3) and (5), neither the first-mentioned person, nor any other person on whose behalf or direction or as whose agent or employee the first-mentioned person may be acting, shall, on account of such disclosure or production, be liable to any prosecution, except a prosecution for an offence under section 27, for any offence under or by virtue of any written law, or to any proceeding or claim by any person under or by virtue of any law or under or by virtue of any contract, agreement or arrangement, or otherwise.
(8) An officer of the Commission examining a person under paragraph (1)(a) shall record in writing any statement made by the person and the statement so recorded shall be read to and signed by the person, and where such person refuses to sign the record, the officer shall endorse thereon under his hand the fact of such refusal and the reasons therefor, if any, stated by the person examined.
(9) The record of an examination under paragraph (1)(a), or a written statement on oath or affirmation made pursuant to paragraph 1(c), or any book, document, record, account or computerized data, or article produced under paragraph (1)(b) or otherwise in the course of an examination under paragraph (1)(a), or under a written statement on oath or affirmation made pursuant to paragraph (1)(c), or record of examination of sample taken under paragraph (1)(d) shall, notwithstanding any written law or rule of law to the contrary, be admissible in evidence in any proceedings in any court—
- (a) for an offence under this Act; or
- (b) for the forfeiture of property pursuant to section 40 or 41,
regardless whether such proceedings are against the person who was examined, or who produced the book, document, record, account or computerized data, or article, or who made the written statement on oath or affirmation, or against any other person.
(10) Any person who contravenes this section commits an offence.
