Section 15
Statement made by persons to the Commission.
The Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993
About this Act
An Act to provide for the constitution of a National Human Rights Commission, State Human Rights Commissions in States and Human Rights Courts for better protection of human rights and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
No statement made by a person in the
course of giving evidence before the Commission shall subject him to, or be used against him in, any
civil or criminal proceeding except a prosecution for giving false evidence by such statement:
Provided that the statement—
(a) is made in reply to the question which he is required by the Commission to answer; or
(b) is relevant to the subject matter of the inquiry.
Provided that the statement—
(a) is made in reply to the question which he is required by the Commission to answer; or
(b) is relevant to the subject matter of the inquiry.