(1) No law practitioner, shall at any time be permitted, unless with the written consent
of his/her client’s authority to disclose any communication made to him/her in the course of or for the purpose of his/her employments as a law practitioner, by or on behalf of his/her client or to state the contents or conditions of any document with which he/she has become acquainted in the course and for the purpose of his/her professional employment or to disclose any advice given by him/her to his/her client.
Provided that,
(a) Any communication which has been provided to the law practitioner in furtherance of any legal purpose may be disclosed by him/her.
(b) Any fact observed by the law practitioner in the course of his/her employment as such, showing that any crime has been committed
since the commencement of his/her employment.
(2) The restriction put on to the law practitioner pursuant to Sub-section (1) shall also be maintained even after his/her employment is ceased by the client and
such restriction shall also be applicable to the clerk, servant and interpreter of the law practitioner.
(3) In case any party to a case causes to his/her law practitioner to become a witness regarding any information pursuant to Sub-section (1), for the purpose of
this Sub-section, it shall be considered that the party concerned has permitted to disclose such fact or information.