Section 17: Savings.

Nothing in this Act shall-(a) exempt any person from any action or proceedings which might, but for its provisions, be brought against him;
(b) entitle any person to refuse to make a complete discovery or to answer any question or interrogatory in any action or suit, but such discovery or answers shall not be admissible in evidence against such person in any prosecution for an offence against the Act; or
(c) be construed so as to render liable to any prosecution or punishment any servant of a master resident in Nigeria who bona fide acts in obedience to the instruction of such master, and who, on demand made by or on behalf of the prosecutor, has given full information as to his master.