Code of Organization and Civil Procedure (Cap. 12)

Code of Organization and Civil Procedure (Cap. 12), article 588

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588. (1) No advocate or legal procurator without the consent of the client, and no clergyman without the consent of the pers on making the confession, may be que stioned on such circumstances as may have been stated by the client to the advocate or legal procurator in professional confidence in reference to the cause , or as may have come to the knowledge of the clergyman under the se al of confession or loco confessionis. (2) Unless by order of the court, no accountant, medical practitioner or social worker, psychologist or marriage counsel lor may be questioned on such circumstances as may have been stated by the client to the said person in professional confidence or as may have come to his knowledge in his professional capacity. Privilege to extend to interpreter. (3) This privilege extends to the interpreter who may have been employed in connection with suc h confidential communications. Incriminating questions.

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