Section 12
Access to Register
of Witness Protection Act 2009
ActIn forceProvision 12 of 30
Section 12
(1)
No person shall have access to the Register and to the documents kept by the Registrar except the Minister, Attorney
General, Director General and any other person who is authorized in writing by the Director General.
(2)
Notwithstanding any written law to the contrary, the Register shall not be produced to any person or in any proceedings in a court, tribunal, Commission or an inquiry.
(3)
Any person who contravenes this section commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding twenty years.