Section 87 - Application of this Part

(1) This Part shall apply in all proceedings notwithstanding the provisions of an enactment or of a rule of law which make rules of evidence inapplicable or of limited application in particular proceedings.

(2) For the purposes of this Part,

“proceeding” means any action, investigation, inquiry hearing, arbitration or fact-finding procedure, whether judicial, administrative, executive, legislative or not before a government body, formal or informal, public or private;

“presiding officer” includes the Court or the person authorised in the proceedings to rule on a claim of privilege.