Confidential communications with legal advisers
131.—(1)  No one shall be compelled to disclose to the court any confidential communication which has taken place between him and his legal professional adviser unless he offers himself as a witness, in which case he may be compelled to disclose any such communications as may appear to the court necessary to be known in order to explain any evidence which he has given, but no others.
[Act 4 of 2012 wef 01/08/2012]
(2)  In subsection (1)subsection (1) and section 129section 129, “legal professional adviser” means —
(a)an advocate or solicitor; or
(b)in the case of any communication which has taken place between any officer or employee of an entity and a legal counsel employed, or deemed under section 128A(4)section 128A(4) or (5) to be employed, by the entity in the course and for the purpose of seeking his legal advice as such legal counsel, that legal counsel.
[Act 4 of 2012 wef 01/08/2012]