National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009

CHAPTER 4 - REMEDIES  

PART 4-3 - JURISDICTION AND PROCEDURE OF COURTS  

Division 3 - Criminal proceedings  

Subdivision B - Conferral of criminal jurisdiction  

SECTION 208   PRIVILEGE AGAINST SELF-INCRIMINATION NOT AVAILABLE TO BODIES CORPORATE IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS  

208(1)   [ Body corporates]  

In proceedings in a court when exercising jurisdiction in relation to a criminal matter arising under this Act, a body corporate is not entitled to refuse or fail to comply with a requirement:

(a) to answer a question or give information; or

(b) to produce a book or any other thing; or

(c) to do any other act whatever;

on the ground that the answer or information, production of the book or other thing, or doing that other act might tend:

(d) to incriminate the body (whether in relation to an offence to which the proceedings relate or otherwise); or

(e) to make the body liable to a penalty (whether in relation to anything to which the proceedings relate or otherwise).

208(2)   [ Application of subsection (1)]  

Subsection (1) applies whether or not the body concerned is a defendant in the proceedings or in any other proceedings.