Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act

Marginal note:Privileged information

• 17 (1) Information and documents obtained pursuant to this Act or the Convention are privileged.

• Marginal note:Exception

  (2) Information and documents are not privileged to the extent that they are required to be disclosed or communicated for the purposes of an emergency involving public safety.

• Marginal note:Prohibition

  (3) No person in possession of privileged information or documents shall knowingly, without the written consent of the person from whom they were obtained, communicate them or allow them to be communicated to any person, or allow any person to have access to them, except

  • (a) for the purpose of the enforcement of this Act or of giving effect to the Convention;

  • (b) pursuant to an obligation of the Government of Canada under the Convention; or

  • (c) in the case where the information or documents are disclosed in accordance with the Security of Canada Information Disclosure Act.

• Marginal note:Evidence in legal proceedings

  (4) Notwithstanding any other Act or law, no person shall be required, in connection with any legal proceedings, to produce any statement or other record containing privileged information or documents, or to give evidence relating to them, unless the proceedings relate to the enforcement of this Act.