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No barrister, attorney, pleader or va3d1,shan at any tinle be permitted, unless .with his clicnt's express consent, to disclose any COln111Unicationnlade to hilll in the course and for the purpose of his ern.. '--, ployment as such barrister, pleader, attorney or vakil, by or on behalf of his client, or to state the contents or condition of any document with which he has become acquainted in the course and for the purpose of his professional employment, or to disclose any advice given by him to his client in tp.e course and for the purpose of such employment: Provided that nothing in this section shall protect froIn disclosure- j (1) .Any such communication made in ~urther.. ance of any criminal purpose; , . (2) Any fact, observed by any barrister, ,pleader, attorney or vakil, in the course of his employn1(~nt as such, showing that any crime or fraud has been comnljtted since the commencement of his employ.. melJ.C. f It is iulluaterial whether the attention of such bar.. rister, attorney or vakil was or was not directed .to such fact by or on behalf of his client. Bxplanation.-The obligation stated in this section continues after the employment has ceased. IZZust1'atiolfts. (a,) A, a client, says to B, an attorney-' I have committed forgery, and I wish you to defend me.' As the defence of a man known to be guilty is not a criminal purpose, this communication is protected from disclosure. . (0,) A, a cJient, says to B, an attorney-' I wish to obtain possessionof property by the use of a forged deed on which I request you to sue.' This communication, being made in furtherance ofa criminal purpose, is not protected from disclosure. (e,) AJ being charged with embezzlement, retains B, an attorney, to defend him. In the course of the proceedings, B observes that an entry has been made in A's account-book, chargi,ug A with the sum said to have been embezzled, which ,. entry 01 Information as to com- mission of offences, Pl'ofcs81o11nl eommUll1Ca~ tions, J EJ;idence. . [ ACTI . entry was not in the book at the commencement of his em- ployment~ This being a fact observed by B in the course of his em- ployment, showing that a fraud has been committed since the commencement of the proceedings, it is not protected from disclosure.' . ~eetioll12G 127. The provisions of section one hundred and ~()applyto' twent y-six shall apply to interpreters, and the clerks wterprdel'i' . . . .Yc. 'or servants of barrIsters, pleaders, attorneys and- "1'"" valdIs. . .128. If any party to a suit g'ivesevidence therein at his own instance or otherwise, he shall not be deeme ~ to have consented thereby to such disclo- sure ~',1 i~ n1entioned in 'section one hundred and twenty -six; and i( any party to a suit or proceeding calls any such harrister, attorney or vakil,as a witness, he shall be . -A.ledto have consented to such disclo- sure only if he questions such barrister, attorney 91' vakil on matters which, but for such question, he '. would not be at liberty to disclose. 129.. No oue 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 com- munications as may appear to the Court necessary to be known in order to explain any evidence which, he has given, but no others!