Section 88

Whenever 2 or more persons are charged with an offence under section 19 or 47, whenever committed, or with a conspiracy to commit, or an attempt to commit, or an abetment of such an offence, the court may require one or more of them to give evidence as a witness or witnesses for the prosecution.

Any such person who refuses to be sworn or to answer any lawful question is to be dealt with in the same manner as witnesses so refusing may by law be dealt with by a Magistrate’s Court or District Court, as the case may be.

Every person so required to give evidence, who in the opinion of the court makes true and full discovery of all things as to which the person is lawfully examined, is entitled to receive a certificate of indemnity under the hand of the Magistrate or District Judge (as the case may be) stating that the person has made a true and full discovery of all things as to which the person was examined, and that certificate is a bar to all legal proceedings against the person in respect of all those things. [32A