42.—The following are absolutely privileged:

(a) documents of a commission (including its interim, final and draft reports), wherever published;

(b) documents of the members of a commission relating to the commission or its functions, wherever published;

(c) documents of persons appointed under section 8 relating to a commission or its functions, wherever published;

(d) statements made in any form by members of a commission or persons appointed under section 8 in performing their functions under this Act and such statements wherever subsequently published.