Section 15: Certificate to witness a bar to proceedings

15. Certificate to witness a bar to proceedings (1) Every witness before a committee who answers fully and faithfully any question put to him by the committee to its satisfaction shall be entitled to receive a certificate under the hand of the Chairperson of the committee stating that such witness was on his examination required to answer and did answer such question. [Issue 1] N6 – 6 Revised Laws of Mauritius (2) On production of such certificate to any Court, the Court shall stay any proceedings, civil or criminal, other than a prosecution for giving false evidence, against such evidence for any act or thing previously done by him and revealed by no evidence other than the answer referred to in the certificate and may award to the witness such expenses as he may have been put to.