Securities and Futures Act 2001 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 9 · Supervision and Investigation
146. Saving for advocates and solicitors
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Nothing in this Subdivision compels the disclosure by an advocate and solicitor, or a legal counsel referred to in section 128A of the Evidence Act 1893, of information containing a privileged communication made by or to him or her in that capacity.
advocate and solicitor
“advocate and solicitor” means an advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court or a foreign lawyer as defined in section 2(1) of the Legal Profession Act 1966;
An advocate and solicitor, or a legal counsel referred to in section 128A of the Evidence Act 1893, who refuses to disclose the information referred to in subsection (1) is nevertheless obliged to give the name and address (if he or she knows them) of the person to whom, or by or on behalf of whom, that privileged communication was made.