EVIDENCE ACT (AS AMENDED BY THE EVIDENCE (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2023)

Section 195: Confidential communication with legal advisers.

2023Section 195 of 263Federal Republic of Nigeria

No one shall be compelled to disclose to the court any confidential communication which has taken place between him and a legal practitioner consulted by him, unless he offers himself as witness in which case he may be compelled to disclose any such communications as may appear to the court necessary to be known, in order to explain any evidence which he has given, but no others.

Cite this section

Section 195, EVIDENCE ACT (AS AMENDED BY THE EVIDENCE (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2023) (2023).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/evidence-act-as-amended-by-the-evidence-amendment-act-2023/section/195/