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(4) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (5), no obligation to maintain secrecy or other restriction upon the disclosure of information obtained by or furnished to the Government or any public servants, whether imposed by or under any law or by any instrument having the force of law, shall apply to the disclosure of information for the purpose of any investigation made under this Act and the Government or any public servant shall not be entitled in relation to any such investigation to any such privilege in respect of the production of documents or the giving of evidence as is allowed by any law or instrument as aforesaid in legal proceedings: Provided that no person shall be compelled for the purpose of any investigation under this Act to give any evidence or produce any document which he could not be compelled to give or produce in any proceedings before a court. (5) No person shall be required or authorised by virtue of this Act, to furnish any such information or answer any such question or produce so much of any document- Central Act 45 of 1860. 18 [Act No.11 of 1983] (a) as might prejudice the security or defence or international relations of India (including India’s relations with the Government of any other country or with any international organization); or (b) as might involve the disclosure of proceedings of the Council of Ministers of the Government or any Committee of that Council; and for the purpose of this sub-section a certificate issued by the Chief Secretary to the Government certifying that any information, answer or portion of a document is of the nature specified in clause (a) or clause (b) shall be binding and conclusive.