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Clause 127 Religious confessions
(1)A person who is or was a member of the clergy of any church or religious denomination is entitled to refuse to divulge that a religious confession was made, or the contents of a religious confession made, to the person when a member of the clergy.
(2)Subsection (1) does not apply if the communication involved in the religious confession was made for a criminal purpose.
(3)This section applies even if an Act provides—
(a)that the rules of evidence do not apply or that a person or body is not bound by the rules of evidence; or
(b)that a person is not excused from answering any question or producing any document or other thing on the ground of privilege or any other ground.
(4)In this section, religious confession means a confession made by a person to a member of the clergy in the member's professional capacity according to the ritual of the church or religious denomination concerned.