Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

LAND TITLES ACT 1925 - SECT 15

    (1)     If any person upon requisition in writing made by the
registrar-general under section 14 (1) (a), (b) or (c)—

        (a)     refuses or neglects to produce any document or instrument or to allow it to be inspected; or

        (b)     refuses or neglects to give any explanation;

he or she commits an offence.

Maximum penalty:

        (a)     for paragraph (a)—50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both; and

        (b)     for paragraph (b)—50 penalty units.

    (2)     The registrar-general, if any document or instrument so withheld appears to him or her to be material, shall not be bound to proceed with the bringing of the land under this Act, or with the registration of the transfer or other dealing, as the case may be.