Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006

CHAPTER 10 - REGULATION AND ENFORCEMENT  

PART 10-4 - OFFENCES RELATING TO REGULATORY AND ENFORCEMENT POWERS OF REGISTRAR  

Division 461 - Offences relating to regulatory and enforcement powers of Registrar  

SECTION 461-15   SELF-INCRIMINATION  

461-15(1)    
For the purposes of Part 10-3 , it is not a reasonable excuse for a person to refuse or fail:

(a)    to give information; or

(b)    to produce a book;

in accordance with a requirement made of the person, that the information or production of the book, as the case may be, might tend to incriminate the person or make the person liable to a penalty.

461-15(2)    
Subsection (3) applies if:

(a)    before making an oral statement giving information in compliance with a requirement made under this Part or Part 10-3 , a person (other than a body corporate) claims that the statement might tend to incriminate the person or make the person liable to a penalty; and

(b)    the statement might in fact tend to incriminate the person or make the person so liable.

461-15(3)    
The statement is not admissible in evidence against the person in:

(a)    a criminal proceeding; or

(b)    a proceeding for the imposition of a penalty;

other than a proceeding in respect of the falsity of the statement.