(1) The Attorney General may, if of the opinion that it is appropriate to do
so, give to a person an undertaking that--
(a) an answer that is given, or a
statement or disclosure that is made, by the person in the course of giving
evidence in specified proceedings, or
(b) the fact that the person discloses
or produces a document or other thing in specified proceedings,
being
proceedings for an offence against a law of the State (whether an
indictable offence or a summary offence), will not be used in evidence against
the person.
(2) If the Attorney General gives such an undertaking--
(a) an
answer that is given, or a statement or disclosure that is made, by the person
in the course of giving evidence in the specified proceedings, or
(b) the
fact that the person discloses or produces a document or other thing in the
specified proceedings,
is not admissible in evidence against the person in any
civil or criminal proceedings, other than proceedings in respect of the
falsity of evidence given by the person.
(3) Such an undertaking may be given
conditionally or unconditionally.
(4) Such an undertaking may not be given in
respect of a summary offence that is not a prescribed summary offence, unless
the Attorney General has consulted the Minister administering the enactment or
instrument under which the offence is created.
