Section 8: Protection of witnesses

8. Protection of witnesses Notwithstanding any enactment but subject to section 13, no statement made by any person in the course of giving evidence before the Human Rights Division or made by or to any person whose services are utilised under section 7 (1) shall, where it is— (a) made in reply to a question which he is required by the Human Rights Division to answer; or (b) relevant to the subject matter of the inquiry, subject the maker of the statement to, or be used against him in, any civil or criminal proceedings, unless he has given false evidence in the statement. [S. 8 amended by s. 9 of Act 19 of 2012 w.e.f. 1 July 2013.]