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[Subsidiary] Tribunal may hear evidence in absence of person concerned or detained person.
Protection of informers.
CAP. 241] Emergency (Deportation and Detention)
(Advisory Tribunal) Rules.
[1967 Ed.
7. In carrying out its functions, the Tribunal may, if it is satisfied that it is desirable or necessary to do so for the protection of the witness or any other person, hear the evidence of a witness in the absence of the person concerned or the detained person, as the case may be, and his counsel or solicitor, if any, but the President of the Tribunal shall inform the person concerned or the detained person of the substance of the evidence given by the witness, so, however, that the identity of the witness is not disclosed.
8. No person shall in any proceedings before the Tribunal be obliged or permitted to disclose, in the presence of the person concerned or the detained person, as the case may be, or his counsel or solicitor, if any, the name or address of an informer or to state any matter that might lead to the disclosure of the identity of an informer.