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The Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1956

( ACT NO. VI OF 1956 )

Statements made by persons to the Commission
6. No statement made by a person in the course of giving evidence before the Commission shall subject him to, or be used against him in, any civil or criminal proceeding except a prosecution for giving false evidence by such statement:
 
 
Provided that the statement-
 
 
 
 
(a) is made in reply to a question which he is required by the Commission to answer; or
 
 
 
 
(b) is relevant to the subject matter of inquiry.

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