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59. Protection regarding statements made to the commission

No statement made by a person in the course of giving evidence before the commission shall subject him to, or be used against him in, any civil or criminal proceeding except a prosecution for giving false evidence by such statements:

Provided that the statement-

(a) is made in respect to a question which he is required by the commission to answer: and

(b) is relevant to the subject-matter of the inquiry