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MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2014 (NO. 26 OF 2014) - SECT 256

Restrictions on powers

    (1)     The Commissioner must not conduct an investigation under this Division in relation to a complaint or exercise the powers under section 255 while the complaint is being conciliated.

    (2)     Nothing in section 255 or the provisions of the Evidence (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1958 applied by that section or that Act prevents a person from—

        (a)     refusing to answer a question or produce a document because the answer would relate to, or the document contains, information in respect of which the person claims legal professional privilege or client legal privilege; or

        (b)     refusing to answer a question or produce a document if the answer, or the information in the document, would tend to incriminate the person.



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