Section 7
Report of probation officer to be confidential.
The Probation of Offenders Act, 1958
About this Act
An Act to provide for the release of offenders on probation or after due admonition and for matters connected therewith.
The report of a probation officer referred to
in sub-section (2) of section 4 or sub-section (2) of section 6 shall be treated as confidential:
Provided that the court may, if it so thinks fit, communicate the substance thereof to the offender and may give him an opportunity of producing such evidence as may be relevant to the matter stated in the report.
Provided that the court may, if it so thinks fit, communicate the substance thereof to the offender and may give him an opportunity of producing such evidence as may be relevant to the matter stated in the report.