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BANKRUPTCY ACT 1966 - SECT 267F

Refusal to be sworn or give evidence etc.

  (1)   A person attending before the Official Receiver or an authorised officer as required by a notice under subsection   77C(1) must not:

  (a)   refuse or fail to be sworn or to make an affirmation; or

  (b)   refuse or fail to answer a question that the person is required to answer by the Official Receiver or authorised officer, as the case may be; or

  (c)   refuse or fail to produce any books that the person is required by the notice to produce.

Penalty:   Imprisonment for 6 months.

  (2)   Subsection   (1) does not apply if the person has a reasonable excuse.

Note:   A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection   (2) (see subsection   13.3(3) of the Criminal Code ).


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