Section 28(8)(a) and (b)

Section 28(8)(a) and (b) of the NPA Act protects privilege applicable to a witness summoned to give evidence in a criminal case in a Magistrate's Court, including protection against self-incrimination in response to questions.

“The law regarding privilege as applicable to a witness summoned to give evidence in a criminal case in a Magistrate's Court shall apply in relation to the questioning of a person in terms of subsection (6), provided that such persons shall not be entitled to refuse any answer, to answer any question upon the ground that the answer would tend to expose him or her to a criminal charge.”