(1)  The following are not admissible in evidence against a person in any civil or criminal proceedings, other than proceedings for an offence against section 30 , in any court:

(a) a statement or disclosure made by the person –

(i) at a private session; or

(ii) to the Commissioner solely for the purposes of a private session or proposed private session;

(b) the production of a document or other thing by the person at a private session.

(2)  A person who appears, or is authorised to be, at a private session has the same protection and immunity, and is subject to the same liabilities in respect of any civil or criminal proceedings, as a witness has in a case tried in the Supreme Court.

(3)  Counsel who appears on behalf of another person at a private session or is engaged to help the Commissioner conduct a private session has the same protection and immunity as counsel appearing for a party in proceedings in the Supreme Court.

(4)  The Commissioner has, in conducting a private session, the same protection and immunity as a judge of the Supreme Court.