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Section 5
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5. No one is excused from complying with an order made under this Act on the ground that information or documents they are required to communicate or prepare are protected by professional secrecy or may tend to incriminate them or subject them to a proceeding or penalty. However, no information or document that a natural person is required to communicate or prepare may be used or received in evidence against them in a proceeding that is subsequently instituted against them, except in a prosecution for perjury, the giving of contradictory testimony or the fabrication of evidence.
However, the lifting of professional secrecy authorized under this section does not apply to professional secrecy between a lawyer or a notary and a client.
