s 31
(1) Except as hereinafter provided, no witness in Protection any ciyil or criminal proceedings conducted pursuant to qf informers this Act shall be obliged or permitted to disclose the discovery. name or address of an informer or the substance of the information received from him or to state any matter which might lead to his discoyery. (2) If any book or doçument which is in evidence or liable to inspection in any clvil or crmuna. proceedings whatsoever, contain any entry or passage in which any informer is named or described or which might lead to his discovery, the court shall cause all such entries or passages to be concealed from view or to be obliterated insotar only as may be necessary to protect the informer from discovery. (3) If on the trial for any offençe against this Act or any regulations made thereunder the court, after full enquiry into the case, believes that the informer sals. AAIII3 Offence by bodies of persons and by servants and agents. Subs. AA1113 Suts, AAI113 Compounding of offences. Sub. AA1595 [Pt. IV, S. 31-33] wilfully made in his complaint a material statement which he knew or believed to be false or did not believe to be true, or if in any other proceedings the court is of the opinion that justice cannot be fully done between the parties thereto without the discovery of the informer, it shall be lawful for the court to require the production of the original complaint, if in writing, and permit enquiry, and require full disclosure, concerning the informer.