Section 127
Information as to commission of offences
ActIn forceProvision 138 of 193
Section 127
(1)
No Magistrate or police officer may be compelled to say from where he or she got any information as to the commission of any offence.
(2)
No revenue officer may be compelled to say from where he or she got any information as to the commission of any offence against the public revenue or the excise laws. Explanation.—“Revenue officer” in this section means any officer employed in or about the business of any branch of the public revenue or in or about the business of any Government farm.