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COMPETITION AND CONSUMER ACT 2010 - SECT 44ZJ

Failing to answer questions etc.

  (1)   A person appearing as a witness before the Commission must not, without reasonable excuse:

  (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 Commission; or

  (c)   refuse or fail to produce a document that he or she was required to produce by a summons under this Part served on him or her as prescribed.

Penalty:   Imprisonment for 6 months.

  (2)   It is a reasonable excuse for the purposes of subsection   (1) for an individual to refuse or fail to answer a question or produce a document on the ground that the answer or the production of the document might tend to incriminate the individual or to expose the individual to a penalty. This subsection does not limit what is a reasonable excuse for the purposes of subsection   (1).


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