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Financial Sector Regulation Act, 2017 (Act No. 9 of 2017)

Chapter 9 : Information Gathering, Supervisory On-Site Inspections and Investigations

Part 1 : Application and interpretation

130. Legal professional privilege

 

(1)

(a) A person does not have to answer a question asked, or comply with a requirement to produce a document or information, in terms of this Chapter to the extent that the person is entitled to claim legal professional privilege in relation to the answer, contents of the document or the information.
(b) If the person contemplated in paragraph (a) is a legal practitioner, the person is entitled or required to claim that privilege on behalf of a client of the person.

 

(2) Subsection (1) does not limit any right of a person.