Mr. Speaker, I am not asking for the honourable Member's opinion. In fact, the legislation says that section 30, of the Act clearly says that the witness may be examined under oath on all matters relevant to the investigation and shall not be excused from answering any questions on the grounds that the answer may: a) tend to incriminate the witness; b) subject the witness to punishment under this, Act or; c) tend to establish the liability of the witness. Under c(i), to a civil proceeding at the instance of the commissioner of any person to the prosecution, but any incriminating evidence so given might not be used to incriminate that person in any other proceedings.
Now, I am not asking for a legal opinion, the law says that, in fact, evidence can not be used for libellous charges and I wanted to clarify that because in a public inquiry, an individual could not hide behind that kind of libellous evidence. So, even though I am ruled out of order, the fact is that the law is there and I am not sure how to deal with it.