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DEFENCE TRADE CONTROLS ACT 2012 - SECT 44

Self - incrimination

  (1)   A person is not excused from answering a question or producing a document under section   43 on the ground that the answer to the question or the production of the document might tend to incriminate the person or expose the person to a penalty.

  (2)   However, in the case of an individual:

  (a)   the answer given or the document produced; and

  (b)   answering the question or producing the document; and

  (c)   any information, document or thing obtained as a direct or indirect consequence of the answering of the question or producing the document;

are not admissible in evidence against the individual in criminal proceedings other than:

  (d)   proceedings for an offence against subsection   43(3); or

  (e)   proceedings for an offence against section   137.1 or 137.2 of the Criminal Code that relates to this Part.



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