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Sccrcryufwfurmatwn.-(1) Any mfozmation obtctincd bythc Lok Ayukta or an Upa-Lok Ayukta or membez'> of hi~ staff, m the cou1se of, 01 for ,.... the pm pose of: any investigauou unde1 this Act and any e\ldencc 1 ccorded or collected m connection with such information, shall be treated as confiden t1al and no couz t shall be entitled to compel the Lok Ayukta or the Upa-Lok Ayukta or any pubhc <>ervant to gzve evidence relatmg to such mformat1on or to produce the evidence so recorded or collected. (2) Nothing in wb-section (I) shall apply to the disclosm e of any informat10n or paz ticulars referred to therein,- (a) for the purpose of mvestigatwn or for any 1 ep01 t to be madt' thereon or for the purpose of any actzon or p1 ocecdmgs to be taken on such report under section 12, (b) for the purpose of any proceedmgs for an •offence under the Official Secrets Act, 1923 (Central Act 19 of 1923), or an ol!fence of givmg or fabricatmg false endence under the Indzan Penal Code (Centz al Act 45 of 1860) or for the pmposes of tzial of any offence undez soctwn 15 or any proccedmgs under section 18; or (c) for such other puzposes as may be pze>CIIbed. •