21. Duty to provide protection to victims of crime and witnesses

A victim of crime or a witness who has reasonable grounds to believe that any harm may be inflicted on him due to his cooperation with, or participation in, any investigation or inquiry into an offence or into the infringement of a fundamental right or the violation of a human right being conducted or his intended attendance at or participation in any judicial or quasi-judicial proceeding, shall be entitled to seek protection from such real or anticipatory harm.

A request for protection under subsection (1), may be made to the Authority, the Division, a Court before which the relevant judicial proceedings are scheduled to commence or where proceedings are pending or have been conducted, to a