South Australian Current Acts

HISTORY TRUST OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA ACT 1981 - SECT 21

21—Hindering etc authorised officers

        (1)         A person who—

            (a)         without reasonable excuse hinders or obstructs an authorised officer; or

            (b)         fails to answer a question put by an authorised officer to the best of his or her knowledge, information or belief; or

            (c)         produces a document that he or she knows, or ought to know, is false or misleading in a material particular; or

            (d)         fails without reasonable excuse to comply with a requirement or direction of an authorised officer under this Act; or

            (e)         uses abusive, threatening or insulting language to an authorised officer or a person assisting an authorised officer; or

            (f)         falsely represents, by words or conduct, that he or she is an authorised officer,

is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: $2 500.

        (2)         A person is not obliged to answer a question or to produce a document as required under this Act if to do so might tend to incriminate the person or make the person liable to a penalty.