Evidence Act with provision on revealing journalist sources to be amended

Attorney General's Office (AGO) on Sunday, September 25 confirms new bill in the works to rectify the legal thorns from previous amendment of the Evidence Act.

According to AG Office, the Evidence Act rectified on July 18, 2022 prohibited any "compulsion of disclosure upon the journalist, where they had acquired the information on the basis of a promise or guarantee of confidentiality, unless the source consents to such a disclosure."