Section 194 Nigerian Evidence Act 2011
Section 194 Evidence Act 2011
Section 194 Evidence Act 2011 is titled ‘Privilege not waived by volunteering evidence‘. It is under Part XI (WITNESSES) of the Act. It states as follows:
If any party to a suit or proceeding gives evidence in such suit or proceeding, whether at his own instance or otherwise, he shall not be deemed to have by this reason consented to such disclosure as is mentioned in section 192 of this Act and, if any party to a suit or proceedings calls any such legal practitioner as a witness, he shall be deemed to have consented to such disclosure only if he questions such legal practitioner on matters which, but for such question, he would not be at liberty to disclose.