Evidence Act, 1975 (NRCD 323)
Section 92 - Disclosure of privileged information
(1) Subject to subsection (2), the presiding officer may not require disclosure of information claimed to be privileged in order to rule on the claim of privilege.
(2) Where a Court has to rule on a claim of privilege under section 105, 106 or 107 relating to State secrets, informants, and trade secrets and cannot do so without requiring disclosure of the information claimed to be privileged, the Court may require the person from whom disclosure is sought or a person authorised to claim the privilege, or both, to disclose the information in chambers out of the presence and hearing of any other persons, except the person authorised to claim the privilege and a person who the persons, except the person authorised to claim the privilege and the person who the person authorised to claim the privilege is willing to have present.
(3) Where the justice determines that the information is privileged, neither the justice nor any other person shall ever disclose, without the consent of a person authorised to permit disclosure, what was disclosed in the course of the proceedings in chambers.
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