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Section 53 
Right to refuse testimony on professional grounds 
(1) The following persons may also refuse to testify: 
1. 
clergy, concerning that information which was confided to them or which 
became known to them in their capacity as spiritual advisers; 
2. 
defence counsel of the accused, concerning that information which was 
confided to them or which became known to them in this capacity; 
3. 
lawyers and non-lawyer providers of legal services who have been admitted 
to a bar association, patent attorneys, notaries, certified public accountants, 
sworn auditors, tax consultants (
Steuerberater
) and tax representatives 
(
Steuerbevollmächtigte
), doctors, dentists, psychological psychotherapists, 
psychotherapists specialising in the treatment of children and juveniles, 
pharmacists and midwives, concerning that information which was confided 
to them or which became known to them in this capacity; subject to section 
53a, the same shall not apply to in-house lawyers (section 46 (2) of the 
Federal Code for Lawyers) and in-house patent attorneys (section 41a (2) of 
the Federal Code for Patent Attorneys (
Patentanwaltsordnung
)) in respect of 
that which was confided to them or became known to them in this capacity; 
3a. members or representatives of a recognised counselling agency under 
sections 3 and 8 of the Act on Pregnancies in Conflict Situations 
(
Schwangerschaftskonfliktgesetz
), concerning that information which was 
confided to them or which became known to them in this capacity; 
3b. drug dependency counsellors in a counselling agency recognised or set up 
by an authority, a body, an institution or a foundation under public law, 
concerning that information which was confided to them or which became 
known to them in this capacity; 
4. 
Members of the Bundestag, of the Federal Convention, of the European 
Parliament from the Federal Republic of Germany or of a 
Land
parliament, 
concerning persons who have confided certain facts to them in their capacity 
as members of these bodies or to whom they have confided facts in this